Knights and castles
By: written by John Lockyer
Edition: [US edition].
Series: Red rocket readers. Advanced fluency 4, non-fiction set A; Red rocket readers
Publisher: Red Rocket Readers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781776540327
Subjects: Knights and knighthood; Juvenile literature; Castles; Middle Ages
Description: Today, most castles are in ruins. Many of these once magnificent buildings were built on hilltops overlooking rivers, harbours and towns. In peacetime, castles were crowded, bustling communities. During wartime, they became safe strongholds for the people who lived in them. The most important people who lived in the castles were the lords and their knights.
Notes: Reader for children.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Castles; title: Parts of the castle; title: Workers in the castle; title: The great hall; title: An attack; title: Training to be a knight; title: Armour; title: Tournaments and jousting; title: Hawking and the coat of arms; title: Gunpowder and castles today; title: King Arthur and knights of the round table.