Aldershot

A rural hamlet shattered by the arrival of an Empire.

In 1854, the British Army descended upon the quiet fields of Aldershot, triggering a chaotic, gold-rush boomtown. Aldershot follows four extraordinary families—the Myers, Lloyds, Martins, and Wells—who hung up their plows to forge a permanent military city. Driven by the civic rise of philanthropist Henry Wells, this fast-paced history charts the raw, factual creation of "The Home of the British Army."