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Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the castles of the Middle Ages and the lives of the people who lived in them. Superb, full-color photographs of castles around the world, plus specially built models, offer a unique and revealing "eyewitness" view of medieval life, from a castle's construction to its destruction in a siege. See a medieval lavatory, a giant crossbow on wheels, how prisoners were kept secure in dungeons, a herald in full regalia, and castles used by Crusaders in Syria and samurai warriors in Japan. Learn how castles got their water during a siege, how besiegers tunneled under castle walls, how the Normans built castles in a hurry, how the first guns worked, why round towers were better than square ones, and what a castellan's job entailed. Discover how enemies climbed castle walls, what was on the menu at a typical banquet, why many castles had resident carpenters and metalworkers, why Crusader castles were so well built, and much, much more.
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Juvenile literature, History, Fortification, Castles, Nonfiction, Pictorial works, Castles, juvenile literaturePlaces
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Castle (DK Eyewitness Books)
June 30, 2008, DK CHILDREN
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0756637694 9780756637699
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Castle
2002, Dorling Kindersley, Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
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075134740X 9780751347401
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Castle
1994, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
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0679960007 9780679960003
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Castle: (ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers) (Eyewitness Books)
May 10, 1994, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
in English
0679860002 9780679860006
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