Sir Julius Vogel 2 hr 58 min read

In the year 2000, a united British Empire is governed with women at the helm, a future-history from a real colonial statesman.

Sir Julius Vogel (a former Premier of New Zealand) wrote this 1889 utopian novel of imperial federation, air-cruisers, and female political leadership, imagining a 21st century of consolidated British power and expanded women's roles. A fascinating vision from a working politician. Read it for an ambitious Victorian forecast that put women in charge of the coming century.

In its time

Published in 1889, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

2 hr 58 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).