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National Geographic Kids : everything castles / by Crispin Boyer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781426308031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781426308048 (library binding : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Everything castles
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940 22
LOC classification:
  • GT3550 .B69 2011
Contents:
Rise of the castles -- What is a castle? -- Five ultimate castles -- How to build a castle -- An illustrated diagram: Key to the castle -- Living in castles -- Touring the castle -- Castle characters -- Knight life -- Tournament! -- A photo gallery: Castles of many kinds -- Storming the castles -- Defending the castle -- Siege! -- Siege stories -- The collapse of castles -- Castle comparisons: Home sweet castle? -- Fun with castles -- Castle myths vs. facts -- Castle pastimes -- The art of heraldry -- Pop culture castles -- Photo finish: The incredible Krak -- Afterword: Castles today -- An interactive glossary: Lordly language -- Find out more -- Index -- Credits
Summary: Become a castle expert! Take a stroll through a castle with its lord and lady and meet the jester, steward, lady-in-waiting, and their colorful companions that live there. Serve as a page, become a squire, and be dubbed as a knight. Slash through facts and myths of dashing white knights, fire-breathing dragons, princesses locked in towers, and cauldrons filled with bubling oil. Then test your noble intelligence to see what you learned.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Printed book Printed book IES Halmstad Non-fiction 940 Boy (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 097814263080481
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rise of the castles -- What is a castle? -- Five ultimate castles -- How to build a castle -- An illustrated diagram: Key to the castle -- Living in castles -- Touring the castle -- Castle characters -- Knight life -- Tournament! -- A photo gallery: Castles of many kinds -- Storming the castles -- Defending the castle -- Siege! -- Siege stories -- The collapse of castles -- Castle comparisons: Home sweet castle? -- Fun with castles -- Castle myths vs. facts -- Castle pastimes -- The art of heraldry -- Pop culture castles -- Photo finish: The incredible Krak -- Afterword: Castles today -- An interactive glossary: Lordly language -- Find out more -- Index -- Credits

Become a castle expert! Take a stroll through a castle with its lord and lady and meet the jester, steward, lady-in-waiting, and their colorful companions that live there. Serve as a page, become a squire, and be dubbed as a knight. Slash through facts and myths of dashing white knights, fire-breathing dragons, princesses locked in towers, and cauldrons filled with bubling oil. Then test your noble intelligence to see what you learned.

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