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Castle Hardcover - 1994
by Christopher Gravett
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- Hardcover
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- Title Castle
- Author Christopher Gravett
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American E
- Condition Used - Good
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Children's Books, New York
- Date 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0679860002I3N10
- ISBN 9780679860006 / 0679860002
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 11.32 x 8.74 x 0.57 in (28.75 x 22.20 x 1.45 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Reading level 1050
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93032594
- Dewey Decimal Code 623.140
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Summary
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.