John McAleer

Viewing India on Acid

Aquatint Worlds: Travel, Print, and Empire, 1770–1820

By Douglas Fordham

John Keay

On Firm Ground

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

By William Dalrymple

Jane Ridley

Going Jungly

The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience

By David Gilmour

Frank Prochaska

Transatlantic Tussles

The Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783–1972

By Kathleen Burk

Simon Heffer

The Pride of the Fleet

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

By N A M Rodger

Leslie Mitchell

Keeping an Eye on the Neighbours

Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714–1783

By Brendan Simms

Saul David

Better Than The Romans

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781–1997

By Piers Brendon

Nigel Jones

An Uncivil War

1776: When Britain and America Went to War

By David McCullough

Kwasi Kwarteng

The Brute Facts

Britain’s Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt

By Richard Gott

Saul David

Cry Freedom

Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery

By Adam Hochschild

Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees

By Caroline Moorehead

Jane Ridley

Father of Singapore

Raffles and the Golden Opportunity 1781–1826

By Victoria Glendinning