Victorian

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, accounts for the last hours in active British politics for the 'Grand Old Man'.

A detailed account of the pageantry, expense and spectacle of the First Duke of Wellington's public funeral.

Geoffrey Grigson places the great English landscape artist in historical context.

T. Charles Edwards on the position of Catholics in Victorian England.

The memories of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, of the political crisis that Gladstone's final resignation caused at the heart of the British government in 1894.

J.H. Plumb analyses the career of the man recognised as Britain's first prime minister.

Philip Magnus analyses the political, personal, and literary careers of one of Britain's most influential Victorian premiers.

Richard Hough explains how the epic construction of the first railway line linking England's largest cities changed the country forever.

M.G. Brock profiles one of Britain's most able yet ill-fated premiers.

G.H.L. LeMay documents the dramatic fall and resurrection of Lord John Russell's government.