Rise of Bismarck and Death of Palmerston
Germany crushes Austria
Disraeli and Electoral Reform
The Conservatives double the electorate
Disraeli and Gladstone
Gladstone takes over as Prime Minister
The Irish Church and Constitutional Crisis
Gladstone calls the Anglican Church a "hideous blot"
The Death of Dickens and a Question of Monarchy
Flogging is abolished
How Britain Bought the Suez Canal
Britain buys shares worth 拢4m in the Suez Canal
Gladstone and the War in Bosnia
Serbs revolt against the Turks
Empress of India
Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India to 'a vast concourse of native Princes and nobles from all parts of India'
Gladstone Returns
Afghan troops massacre everyone at the British Embassy in Kabul
The Death of Disraeli
Gladstone replaces the Malt Tax with a tax on beer
Ireland, General Gordon and a New Political Party
The Transvaal rebels against British rule
The Death of Gladstone
The Liberals promise home Rule for Ireland, disestablishment of the Scottish and Welsh Churches, rural government, parliaments every three years and industrial accident compensation for workers
Omdurman, Ladysmith and Mafeking
Lord Kitchener recaptures the Sudan
The Boer War Turns the Century
The Boers embark on a guerilla campaign
The Death of Victoria and the Dream of Gerontius
The last of the Hanoverians requests a white funeral
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