Empire

D.G. Chandler introduces Marlborough; a man, ‘whose mind was not confined to battle ... at once a captain and a diplomatist,’ as Napoleon a century later said of the British commander.

J.J. Saunders describes the Papal envoy to the Mongol conquerors who travelled through Russia to eastern Asia in 1245-7.

J.W. Blake describes the development of a maritime empire of trade, built by traders.

Iris Macfarlane describes how the Malabar coast in western India was the earliest scene of European sea-borne trade.

Bruce Chatwin describes how the dispute between Abel and Cain, the nomadic shepherd and the city-dwelling planter, has continued throughout history.

C.R. Boxer describes how the Spanish and Portuguese empires were troubled by smugglers and interlopers on the high seas.

B.G. Gokhale takes us on a visit to Surat, where the English adventure in India began.

Desmond Seward describes an outstanding colonial achievement of the Middle Ages.

B.G. Gokhale describes how, in India, at the beginning of the fourth century A.D., a line of rulers arose from obscurity to inaugurate a Golden Age.

S.G.F. Brandon marked the nineteenth centenary of the fall of the Holy City.