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Roger Hooper
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 Posted: Sat 28 Oct, 2017 1:32 pm Post subject: Books on Castles |
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Can anyone please give me some titles of good books about castles? -
1) how they were built
2) daily life in castles and their surroundings
3) what sieges were like, inside and outside
Thanks.. I've looked around the booklists on this site, also places like Amazon, and haven't had much luck.
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Charles Dooley
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Have you ever read ' Castle' by David Macaulay?
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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A very good book that even had a cartoon made about it. First saw the cartoon in the 1980's and tracked down the book as an adult.
I am also interested to see what books are suggested.
Chris Landwehr 10/10/49-1/1/09 My Mom
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Glen A Cleeton
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Pieter B.
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Mark Griffin
Location: The Welsh Marches, in the hills above Newtown, Powys. Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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depends what age the info is required for really. Dorling Kindersley and Usborne do good books on the subject, or I have brilliant works by Charles Oman, Plantagenet Somerset Fry and others.
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Roger Hooper
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| Posted: Mon 30 Oct, 2017 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Books on Castles |
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I sent for a used copy of Peter Purton's Part 2 book, A History of the Late Medieval Siege, 1200-1500 - (New ones are very expensive) It looks very interesting and thorough. Thanks
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J. Nicolaysen
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Roger, I'll be interested in what you think about the books when you get them. Sounds like a good recommendation Pieter B.
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