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Castles -- Pictorial works.
Castles -- History.
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Connolly, Kieron.
Castles -- Pictorial works.
Castles -- History.
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Abandoned castles /
Kieron
Connolly
.
by
Connolly
,
Kieron
.
Amber Books, 2017.
Call #:
728.8109 C752a
Subjects
Castles -- Pictorial works.
Castles -- History.
ISBN:
9781782745228 (hc.)
Description:
224 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Summary:
An ancient hilltop fortress. A crusader citadel in the West Bank. A fairytale medieval castle fallen into ruin. From ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century, more than 100 forts, castles and defensive strongholds from all around the globe. From medieval Japanese castles to Spanish colonial forts in West Africa to Norman stone keeps, the book ranges widely across history. Many have long ceased to serve a purpose, but then, like the crusader castle Krak de Chevaliers in Syria today, their impenetrable walls become the site of more fighting centuries later. Others, such as the Cathar Château de Queribus in southern France, stand high above peaceful coastlines, testament to the wars of the past. Some are beautiful, others brutal, but each tells a story about the way we fought and defended ourselves, and how the building has survived and aged, long after the people it was built by are gone. With 150 color photographs, this is a brilliant pictorial examination of castles, forts, keeps, and defensive fortifications from the ancient world to the end of the nineteenth century.
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