The British Empire Trilogy I: Manifest Destiny
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"The British Empire Trilogy" narrates the British history from Queen Victoria's accession to the throne to Churchill's death in a huge space. The narrative style is brilliant and vivid, involving different continents, various characters and multiple wars. Supplemented by the author's field trips, it reproduces the long process of the British Empire from its rise to its decline. The first part, "Manifest Destiny" traces the history from Victoria's accession to the British Empire's expansion and aggression in 1897. It records the Kabul rout, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War, the Ashanti War, the conflict with the Boers and other wars. It also records the abolition of the slave trade, Australia Major events such as the demise of the indigenous people, the exploration of the Nile, the Great Famine in Ireland, the Universal Exposition, and the Irish Home Rule Movement demonstrate the social changes and technological development in Britain in the second half of the 19th century, as well as the social landscape of different regions in Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania from the perspective of the colonists.
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