-- 6. The blighted voyage of the 'General Hewett' -- 7. A state of "infantile imbecility" -- 8. To copy a courthouse -- 9. FH Greenway, 84 George Street -- 10. Three shillings a day and a government horse 11. Bright prospect : the Macquarie Tower, 1816-20 -- 12. Pain and humiliation : the Barrack Square incident -- 13. A mansion for the viceroy : Government House, 1816-20 -- 14. Transportation : "an object of considerable terror" -- 15. A "palace for horses" : the Government House stables, 1817-21 -- 16. Follies, fountains and fugacious toys, 1818-20 -- 17." ... a neat handsome fort" : colonial defences, 1816-21 -- 18." ... an idea of grandeur" : the Hyde Park Barracks, 1816-19 -- 19. Walls of spite : St Matthew's and St Luke's, 1817-24 -- 20. Feeding body and soul : St Andrew's and the market house, 1819-22 -- 21. Fragments of a plan : St James' and the Supreme Court, 1819-27 -- 22. A "vile conspiracy" : the Paramatta Female Factory, 1818-21 -- 23." ... for the sake of a numerous family" -- 24. From George Street to the "city of the world" -- Measurements and currency -- Buildings mentioned in the text.

The incredible fall, rise and demise of Francis Greenway, Australia's first government architect. A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a 'city superior in architectural beauty to London' began to be realised as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke's Church in Liverpool and the Windsor courthouse. In this first biography of Greenway since 1953 award-winning author Alasdair McGregor scrutinises the character and creative output of a man beset by contradictions and demons. He profiles Greenway's landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction.