Empire

The Four Indian Kings

To encourage Britain’s Indian allies on the frontier between New England and French Canada, writes John G. Garratt, four Indian chieftains were invited to London during the reign of Queen Anne.

LaFayette Goes to America

In the spring of 1777, writes Arnold Whitridge, an ardent young French nobleman set sail from Bordeaux to avenge himself against Britain.

In the Service of Rome

R.W. Davies describes the life of the other ranks in the Roman armed services, as recorded in surviving letters.

Bayards of British India

Alaric Jacob introduces the soldiers and administrators who prepared the way for nineteenth-century Empire.