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How did an Indian palace come to be built amongst Gloucestershire’s rolling hills? From Sezincote to Shimla, Empire transformed rural lives: connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton.

Leading historian Corinne Fowler is the co-author of the National Trust’s 2020 report on the historical links between its Country Houses and the British Empire and now has written the critically acclaimed Our Island Stories.

Today she entwines local and global stories in two fascinating illustrated journeys, through the Cotswolds and Cornwall, showing how Empire profoundly shaped the British countryside.