Andrew Roberts has an excellent eye for ‘great men’ who were not merely great but also colourful and helped shape their eras. His latest subject certainly helped shape his era, but he was not a ruler.

Andrew Roberts argues that Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister most identified with imperialism at its acme, in reality saw the Empire as a mixed blessing at best.

Andrew Roberts commenced working in Multiplex family business, founded by his father John Roberts, after graduating from university. He worked in a number of roles, in various regions, over two ...