Near the end of his book, Darwin tells us that all history is a history of empire — a claim for which he provides ample evidence in the preceding 500 or so pages.

Charles Darwin, left, and his conservative publisher, John Murray III, right. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly; source material from Wikimedia Commons Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution ...

Canoe man John Darwin is penning a series of prison diaries about his time behind bars, and predicts they will be better than those written by shamed peer Jeffrey Archer. Darwin drew worldwide ...