Good one volume history of the British Colonies in North America from their small beginnings to the War for American Independence.

Excellent one volume history of the "honourable" company and its exploits and exploitation of India up to the Rebellion of 1857. Very readable.

Enormous tome viewing the British Empire primarily from its Economic perspective. A dense but interesting book.

TM Devines excellent study of the Scotish input into British Imperialism which ought to serve as a wake up to those myopics who blame it all on the English.

Well researched, cogently argued history of Slavery (not just British) including the perenial question about its links with the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. A difficult but rewarding read.

Readable account of the British Empires fortunes from the American War of Independence in the New World to the return of Hong Kong.

The history of the founding of Australia covering the period up until the ending of transportation. An evocative and well researched account.

A fantastic piece of narrative history that covers the period around the turn of the 19th-20th century when Africa was deemed "up for grabs". Other European countries as well as Britain covered.

John Keay again with a readable account of the British (and also the French) and their machinations in the Middle East in the first half of the 20th Century.

Peter Linebaugh accounts for what mischief the lower orders got up to in the 17th and 18th Century Empire.

Famine in Britains first colony, Classic history that examines the roots of the Famine, how it developed and the British response.

White colonies were always the hardest to decolonise no matter which empire they were under, Kenyas movement to independence was no exception as Elkins much argued over book shows.