English Heritage: Castles by Tom McNeil

English Caste Heritage

This study provides a detailed picture of English castles and of the people who inhabited them. They are evocative of knights and chivalry but the author discusses what they represented to those who built them and the variety of functions they were to perform, of which defence was only one.
Whether you're actually planning to visit a castle or are simply an armchair traveler, this illustrated companion to the castles of Britain and Ireland--complete with maps, photographs, and reconstructions--is a must-have. Find out about the people who lived in them, why and how castles were built, and what methods of defense were incorporated into the buildings' structures.
Publisher: B.T. Batsford, 1996
ISBN: 0713470259

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