A color-illustrated overview of knights and castles that describes the parts of a castle, castle designs, castle life, heraldry, armor, weapons and fighting, the Crusades, peacetime pursuits, and other related topics.
A primer of the familiar fairy-tale setting of enchanted castles, from what makes them spellbound to who inhabits them, plus famous stories and movies in which they have appeared.
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic tree house to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
In 1409, aspiring knight Roland Wright joins the royal household at Twofold Castle as a new page, but his plan to impress King John and his knights quickly backfires.
Describes the siege of castles throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East beginning with the Gaul's attempt to take Rome in 390 B.C. and ending in the fifteenth century.
