Best British Empire History Books

1
Queen Victoria's Little Wars
by Byron Farwell
344 members
8 reviews
4
3 Members
staffordcastle, John_Vaughan, bujeya
2
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
by Peter Hopkirk
2,112 members
40 reviews
4.2
2 Members
thorold, Luchtpint
3
Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
by Jan Morris
629 members
10 reviews
4.1
2 Members
staffordcastle, John_Vaughan
4
Pax Britannica: the Climax of an Empire
by James Morris
666 members
5 reviews
4.1
2 Members
staffordcastle, John_Vaughan
5
Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat
by James Morris
512 members
3 reviews
4.2
2 Members
staffordcastle, John_Vaughan
6
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
by Winston S. Churchill
1,709 members
11 reviews
4.2
Member
Bretzky1
7
Tudor England
by S. T. Bindoff
668 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
8
Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire
by David Cannadine
369 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
10
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
by Robert Middlekauff
1,940 members
23 reviews
4
Member
Bretzky1
11
God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
by Charles Allen
221 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Luchtpint
12
Mr. Kipling's Army
by Byron Farwell
215 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
staffordcastle
14
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
by William Dalrymple
944 members
26 reviews
4.2
Member
Luchtpint
16
Tales From the Dark Continent
by Charles Allen
128 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
John_Vaughan
17
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
by Yasmin Khan
332 members
3 reviews
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
18
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
by John A. Nagl
490 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
20
The Horizon History of the British Empire
by Stephen W. Sears
58 members
3
Member
staffordcastle
21
Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
by Stanley Wolpert
133 members
1 review
½ 3.4
Member
Bretzky1
22
The Tune That They Play
by William Clive
15 members
1 review
5
Member
John_Vaughan
23
Curzon: Imperial Statesman
by David Gilmour
148 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
John_Vaughan
24
The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
by David Gilmour
165 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
25
Rorke's Drift: The Zulu War, 1879
by James W. Bancroft
28 members
Member
John_Vaughan
26
Zulu Victory
by Ron Lock
67 members
4
Member
John_Vaughan
27
The Gentleman in the Parlour
by W. Somerset Maugham
243 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
28
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
by Simon Winchester
738 members
13 reviews
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
29
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia
by Karl E. Meyer
741 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
30
The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead
1,378 members
17 reviews
4
Member
John_Vaughan
31
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
30,412 members
806 reviews
4.2
Member
kageeh,Bretzky1
32
The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead
976 members
13 reviews
4
Member
John_Vaughan
33
Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire
by Jan Morris
346 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
John_Vaughan
34
Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj
by Jan Morris
83 members
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
35
Burmese Days
by George Orwell
4,201 members
86 reviews
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
36
North-west Frontier
by Arthur Swinson
12 members
1 review
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
37
When the Going Was Good
by Evelyn Waugh
601 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
38
Her Majesty's Secret Service
by Christopher Andrew
211 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
John_Vaughan
39
Wilderness At Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent
by Ted Morgan
437 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan