Across 1851, over 6,000,000 people went to London to see the Great Exhibition. Designed to showcase the very best of what Britain and the empire could offer the world, the event was an incontrovertible success which cemented Britain’s status as the nation at the centre of the world economy. But, with the events of 1857 in India and the extreme levels of violence that came with it, followed by the death of Albert in 1861, Victoria’s rule was not plain-sailing even at this point. Listen as William and Anita discuss Victoria and her interactions with the empire on which the sun never sets.
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97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower
96. Empires of Iran
95. The History of Putin's War
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93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty
92. Killing Rasputin
91. Lenin and The Rise of the Bolsheviks
90. The Russian Revolution: Overthrowing the Tsar
89. The Final Act of the Great Game
88. The Russo-Japanese War: Asia Strikes Back
87. Tolstoy: War and the Russian Empire
86. Crushing the Khans: Russia Seizes the Centre of the World
85. The Russian Conquest of America
84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale
83. The Charge of the Light Brigade
82. Crimea: The War on Repeat
81. The Graveyard of Empires
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