Author : Hannah Dolan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0756677041
Introduces the Lion King's castle, his trusted servants, and his battles against his arch-nemesis, the evil Dragon Wizard.
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 26,31 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1613746857
A man’s home is his castle, or so the saying goes, but could it withstand an attack by Attila and the Huns, Ragnar and the Vikings, Alexander and the Greeks, Genghis Khan and the Mongols, or Tamerlane and the Tartars? Backyard Ballistics author William Gurstelle poses this fascinating question to modern-day garage warriors and shows them how to build an arsenal of ancient artillery and fortifications aimed at withstanding these invading hordes. Each chapter introduces a new bad actor in the history of warfare, details his conquests, and features weapons and fortifications to defend against him and his minions. Clear step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build a dozen projects, including “Da Vinci’s Catapult,” “Carpini’s Crossbow,” a “Crusader-Proof Moat,” “Alexander’s Tortoise,” and the “Cheval-de-frise.” With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting, explains the physics behind many of the projects, and shows where to buy the materials. By the time they’ve reached the last page, at-home defenders everywhere will have succeeded in creating a fully fortified home.
Author : Trevor Yorke
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
Page : pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 2018-08-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781846743665
Through colorful illustrations and accounts of actual sieges in every chapter, this book describes how armies from medieval times up to the English Civil War attacked and besieged British castles and how changing weaponry shaped the defences we see the remains of today.
Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395329207
"Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales."--Title page verso.
Author : Jessica Day George
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408831988
A magical castle with a life of its own ... and a plucky princess who will defend it at all cost
Author : Phyllis Vine
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2005-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0060938277
In this buried chapter of American history, a nearly forgotten case of famed attorney Clarence Darrow comes hauntingly to the surface. In 1925 the NAACP approached Darrow to defend Ossian Sweet -- a highly respected black doctor who, after integrating an all-white neighborhood in Detroit, found himself the victim of a community attack. When Sweet and his family fought back, they were caught in a melee in which a white man was fatally shot. The trial that ensued, one of the most urgent and compelling in the nation's history, would test the basic tenets of the American Dream -- the right of a man to defend his own home. Tautly researched and harrowingly reported, One Man's Castle is an important slice of American legal history and the history of the civil rights (Kirkus Reviews).
Author : Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0486137570
This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study — the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted nineteenth-century architect and writer Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc discusses such architectural elements as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges. In addition to describing a vast number of European structures — among them fortifications at Carcassonne, Paris, Avignon, Vincennes, Lubeck, Milan, and Nuremberg — he examines the use of artillery and trenches, as well as such weapons as battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. A concise, scholarly reference for architectural historians, this absorbing history will appeal as well to medievalists, military buffs, and anyone interested in the evolution and development of the castle.
Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Castles
ISBN :
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
Author : K. J. Parker
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316270806
K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it. A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all. To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job. Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.
Author : Andrew Solway
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781410919182
Why were castles built and how were they defended? How would an enemy attempt to takeover a castle? Find out in this title filled with facts and charts.
