Eyewitness Guides Castle (Collins eyewitness guides)

This volume tells the story of how castles were built, how masons managed to construct massive curtain walls and tall stone towers without the benefits of modern technology. A castle was more than a building to attack and defend. It was a whole community, designed to be self-sufficient in times of siege. The book also tells the story of the many people who lived inside castles. Part of the "Collins Eyewitness Guides" series, the book features step-by-step annotations which explain the illustrations. It is suitable for school projects.