Books by Roger Morriss

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. Regarded by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development.

During the French Revolutionary War the Channel Fleet played the crucial role of defending Britain from invasion. This text presents documents that reveal the evolution of the role of the Channel Fleet during the war and focuses on the blockade of Brest.

Growth of British naval power during the 18th and 19th centuries was a result of changes in the political, constitutional and financial infrastructure of the British state. Taking these ideas further, this book examines the relationship of administrative culture to contemporary ideas of efficiency.