This superb archive focuses on more than 200 structures — from temples, palaces and walls of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to Romansque strongholds of the Normans and Gothic edifices of the crusaders and Teutonic knights, to lavish palaces built in Italy, France, England, Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia. 240 illustrations, including 98 plans and drawings. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Thames and Hudson, 1958.
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Castles CD-ROM and Book by Dover These 338 dramatic black-and-white illustrations depict England's Windsor Castle, France's Mont St. Michel, and other majestic structures from Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, and elsewhere, plus a selection of fairy-tale castles.
The English Castle : An Account of Its Development as a Military Structure by A. Hamilton Thompson This evocative survey traces the rise of fortresses across England and Wales, with 200 photographs, drawings, and plans. Sites include York Castle, Conway Castle, Dover Castle, and Kenilworth Castle.
Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, M. Macdermott Profusely illustrated, detailed descriptions of dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges, plus artillery, trenches, battering rams, more. "Will enthrall anyone interested in architecture, military, or medieval history." — History in Review.
