From the rise of the British Empire to its collapse, this series provides an unbiased view of the Empire’s history and it’s influence on the world.

The original series was first published in 1971-73 by Time-Life in association with the BBC. The series was later re-issued by Orbis. The material is much the same but the order of presentation varied slightly, with changes to the magazine cover in some cases, in particular the pictures on or inside the rear cover.

As was common with these series the page numbers follow sequentially once the cover has been removed and bound to resemble an encyclopaedia. The covers often contain fascinating imagery and sometimes features on British Military Uniforms.

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British Empire Introduction

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British Empire 01-04

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British Empire 05-08

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British Empire 09-12

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British Empire 13-16

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British Empire 17-20

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British Empire 21-24

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British Empire 25-28

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British Empire 29-32

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British Empire 33-36

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British Empire 37-40

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British Empire 41-44

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British Empire 45-48

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British Empire 49-52

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British Empire 53-56

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British Empire 57-60

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British Empire 61-64

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British Empire 65-68

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British Empire 69-72

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British Empire 73-76

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British Empire 77-80

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British Empire 81-84

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British Empire 85-88

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British Empire 89-92

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British Empire 93-95

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British Empire 96-98

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British Empire Atlas

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8 responses »

  1. Baccar Wozat says:

    These newer posts are increasingly unlike comics. However, these are also corking good out of print reads that most of the human race would miss out on without this. Carry on my good fellow.

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    • boutje777 says:

      Thanks, this blog is always in evolution and open for more than only comics (after my considerations offcourse) as everyone will notice in the Magazines section.

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  2. Anonymous says:

    Thank you for this! Much appreciate the work it must have taken to put this collection together.

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    • boutje777 says:

      You are welcome, thanks to Mark who provided these, i just placed them on the blog.

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      • Glyn Wigley says:

        I think the thanks ought to be for me, the person who originally scanned and restored every single page of these (and a few of your other uploaded magazine collections) who is also surprised to have found them here.

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        • boutje777 says:

          Thanks, that is sometimes hard to find out for me when someone send links to download files without further explanation.

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          • Anonymous says:

            I’d be very interested in where you downloaded them from…

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          • boutje777 says:

            I can’t tell, i don’t keep track where i find them and from who i get them, i use many sources such as blogs, sites, newsgroups, tors, links from people, and i have 10,000s of different issues and titles in all my blogs, that is kind of hard to administrate.

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