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Author Steele, Philip, 1948- author.

Title Castles / author: Philip Steele ; consultant: Dr. Jenny Benham.

Publication Info. London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2019.
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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J940.1 DK    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J940.1 STE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 STE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 STEELE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 940.1 STE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J728.8 STE    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Series DK findout!
DK findout!
Note Includes index.
Summary This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts. Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and bailey styles to stone fortresses and beautiful castles in Japan and India.
Contents What is a castle? -- Wooden castles -- Stone castles -- The Great Hall -- Concentric castles -- Castle defences -- Besieged! -- Meet the expert -- Dungeons -- Feudal society -- Lords and ladies -- Working in a castle -- Peasant life -- Animals -- Dressing a knight -- Name your weapon! -- Tournaments -- Foods and feasts -- Entertainment -- Prayer and worship -- Castles in Europe -- Moorish castles -- Crusader castles -- End of an age -- Japanese castles -- Fantasy castles -- Myths and legends -- Facts and figures.
Subject Castles -- Juvenile literature.
Feudalism -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Medieval.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Questions & Answers.
Feudalism. (OCoLC)fst00923488
Castles. (OCoLC)fst00848428
Genre/Form Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Added Author Benham, Jenny, consultant.
Other Form: ebook version : 9780241410127
ISBN 9781465481542 (hardcover)
1465481540 (hardcover)
9781465481535 (paperback)
1465481532 (paperback)
9780241410127 (PDF ebook)
9780241410110 (ebook)
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