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-vol. CASTLES: Their Construction and History, Sidney Toy. Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, many other features. Caernarvon, Dover castles, Hadrian’s Wall, Tower of London, dozens more. 199 black-and-white illustrations. Preface. Index. Footnotes.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (December 1, 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486248984
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486248981
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #272,446 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Castles: Is a highly detailed and technical study., June 27, 1998
As an Army Officer the study of military history is a professional necessity. The book: Castles their Construction and History has proven to be an incredible aid to this end. I am stationed in Europe and use the book as a guide when I travel and explore the castles in Germany, France and Italy. The book is very technical, it wastes some space giving detailed step by step descriptions of many castles but the casual reader of history will find the drawings, photos and overviews of history very interesting. The text of the book is rather dull to the non-history buff. It was very useful as a reference book while at the University of Florida.
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71 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes too technical, but very helpful!, June 9, 2000
I bought this book because, well to put it plainly, I have always wanted to design a castle of my own. Having no real talent for architecture, I thought I'd see how others had done it before, and why they made the decisions they did. This book does a lot for the novice who wants to learn these things, but does so with enough illustrations to keep the readers interest through the text. I can see why another reviewer said it would make a good textbook -- it reads like one, and provides quite the education!

Add it to a military history collection, a chivalric texts collection, or to your Lego room for the next time you want a more powerful castle than the kit suggests (but, putting little lego men heads on pikes at the gates may be going overboard).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just the facts., August 17, 2001
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There is no fluff and no romanticizing. This book is just plain hows and whys on castle construction and their evolution from wooden stockades to stone fortresses. It examines the changes in defenses as warfare evolved. It is dry reading, but this is bare bones information with no fantasizing....just what I wanted.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Could be Better
This is unfortunately another book on castles which spends more time describing details rather than explaining or synthesizing. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Work
This book was written in the 1930's but it is indeed a timeless record of castles from BC to the age of fortifications. Read more
Published on April 30, 2007 by Patrick Curren

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