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The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East

Covers over 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, to the 'First' and 'Second' British Empires, the time of 'High Empire' following the War of American Independence, the unprecedented expansion of the 'Scramble' for Africa, the development of Dominion Status and the history.

Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A lifetime officer in the Royal Engineers, he served in several theaters of war and imperial contest, most notably China and the Sudan.

This overview of the Oxford Movement highlights five key areas in which the movement affected English society more broadly - politics, religion and theology, friendship, society, and missions. The thematic approach illuminatesthe wider political, social, and cultural impact of the movement.

No one in the early days of the British ventures in India was as well known or as controversial as Clive became.