Ramparts of Empire

Timothy Crick is qualified in mechanical engineering and industrial design and has lectured in these disciplines as well as in design history. He is a member of the Fortress Study Group, the Coast Defense Study Group (US) and the Palmerston Forts Society.

• CONTENTSGLOSSARYCHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE: EARLY DAYS IN AFRICA CHAPTER TWO: APPOINTMENT IN ALDERNEY CHAPTER THREE: THE THREAT FROM FRANCE CHAPTER FOUR: THE 1859 ROYAL COMMISSION CHAPTER FIVE: DEFENDING THE NAVAL BASES CHAPTER SIX: MISSION TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER SEVEN: THE IRONCLAD FORTS CHAPTER EIGHT: IMPERIAL PROGRESSCHAPFER NINE: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE THREAT FROM RUSSIA CHAPTER TEN: COAST DEFENCE, HONOURS AND RETIREMENT CHAPTER ELEVEN: JERVOIS IN CONTEXTCHAPTER NOTESAPPENDIX A: Gazetteer: List of fortified works associated with Jervois APPENDIX B: The Relative Industrial Strength of the Major Powers in the 19th CenturyAPPENDIX C: The 'Battle of Dorking' and its Successors APPENDIX D: The Arming of the Coaling Stations, 1884 APPENDIX E: 'A Plan for Attacking the Seaboard of the United States'APPENDIX F: Jervois and the Channel Tunnel (1883)APPENDIX G: The Relative Value of the British PoundSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX OF PEOPLE & PLACES

‘The book is admirably illustrated and well designed’‘The book is as excellent read as well as being authoritative’John Harris, Fortress Study Group Casemate, 94 May 2012 ‘Exceptionally well illustrated, reproducing numerous plans, diagrams and images, dominated by forts and other buildings, many from national collections.’‘Essential reading for students of the Victorian Army and the Victorian Fortress.’ (Professor Andrew Lambert, British Journal for Military History Volume 1 (1), October 2014)