Fort. St. George Madras

This book is a short history of the Fort St. George, the first possession of the British in India. The author briefly narrates the entire history of the fort—why it was founded, its infancy and early growth during the early 1600s, the various British possessors of the fort during the various periods, a detailed description of the various monuments, churches, etc. within the fort, up to the details of the fort in the early nineteenth century. The fine illustrations provided throughout would enable the reader to have a clear picture of this great fort.