How to catapult a castle
Subtitle: machines that brought down the battlements
By: James de Winter
Series: Extreme!; Extreme!
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781408100226; 9781408100943
Subjects: Castles; Engines of war; Medieval; Siege warfare; Weapons; Medieval Civilization; Military art and science; Juvenile literature; History
Description: "How to Catapult a Castle is packed full of incredible information about castles, from how to invade a castle with enormous battering rams, giant catapults and flaming arrows to how to defend it with murderous spiked weapons and boiling water."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Castles, from wood to stone; title: Building a castle; title: Keeping the enemy out; title: Spiked gate; title: Ladders and siege towers; title: Battering rams; title: Tunnelling under and burning pigs; title: Longbows and flaming arrows; title: Deadly crossbows; title: How to catapulta castle!; title: See-saw poweres : the trebuchet; title: Cannons and superguns; title: Castles still standing.