A Chronicle History of Forts and Fortresses charts the entire history of fortification, from the Ancient Babylonian brick structures of 3500 BC to the massive Atlantic Wall erected by the Germans during World War II. Each chapter covers a specific period in history, or a specific culture, and fully documents the best examples of fortification, the defensive innovations of the period, and other key developments, such as the invention of gunpowder and the evolution of cannon warfare. In the final chapter, distinguished military historian Martin Brice discusses the future of fortification, drawing on examples of the phenomenon from recent history. A concise but comprehensive glossary is included to explain the terms used throughout the text. A Chronicle History of Forts and Fortresses, with its beautiful illustrations and photographs and informative richly-detailed text, explores the romance, awe, and genius of its subject, while also reminding us of the horror and cruelty to which many of these defenses bear silent witness.

A Chronicle History of Forts and Fortressess

History

Brice, Martin

Military

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Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades

"Filled with bloody battles, brutal torture, and extrordinary feats of courage and faith, John J. Robinson's Dungeon, Fire & Swords tells the stirring story of one of the world's most famous military orders- the Knights Templar..."

Dungeon, Fire, and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades

Self-Help

ROBINSON, John J.

Happiness

Irish Family Histories

With the study of family history and the search for origins burgeoning in the United States, Irish Family Histories will be of great interest to all people of Irish descent as well as those interested in Irish history. By organizing over 200 names into 80 groups under on main modern spelling, Ida Grehan both consolidates and expands on the volumes of materials produced by the late Chief Herald of the Genealogical Office in Ireland, Edward Maclysaght.

Politics & Social Sciences

Grehan, Ida

Archaeology

The popular image of pirates today-the combined effect of three centuries of books, plays, operas, films, cartoons, and children's games-is extraordinarily powerful.Pirates have become the mythical equivalent of giants, vampires, wizards, or witches, and they no longer seem quite real. Yet they definitely were real-as this first comprehensive, worldwide historical survey makes abundantly clear-and considerably more frightening historically than Long John Silver or Captain Hook. The barnacled sea dogs featured in this fascinating volume well deserved their reputations for bravery, hard drinking, avarica, foul language-and casual violence and cruelty.

Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea (A Worldwide Illustrated History)

DAVID CORDINGLY

The true genesis of the Knights Templar belongs far back in time, long before Christianity even developed. The Templars were an offshoot of a little understood monastic brotherhood, the Cistercians, who themselves danced to the tune of an extremely powerful group of individuals inhabiting Burgundy and Flanders from the time of the Romans onwards. Butler and Dafoe offer a detailed account of the rise of a specific group identified as "the Troes Fraternity' that did not simply respond to the caprices of history; they made it. Behind the Knights Templar lay a belief pattern almost as old as humanity and a heritage that was already ancient before recorded history began. The story is both fascinating and compulsive. It will leave the read in no doubt as to the true intentions of the Knights Templar, or of the shadowy but immensely influential organization that brought them into being.

The Knights Templar Revealed

Butler, Alan

Dafoe, Stephen

Europe

Coulton's expedition into fourteenth-century England and the life of Chaucer, first published in 1908, remains an excellent resource for any reader interested in gaining an understanding of that great writer's world. Beautifully illustrated, the book details Chaucer's service as a squire, his ambassadorial career, his Canterbury pilgrimage and his writings, never omitting the social and political realities which shaped his life.

Chaucer and His England

Coulton, George G.

Illustrates the religious and erotic significance of feet and footwear signifying the richness and diversity of ancient footwear.

Feet and Footwear in Indian Culture

Arts & Photography

Neubauer, Dieter

Graphic Design

The Survival of the Bark Canoe

McPHEE,John

Americas

This book presents magnificent artifacts collected by an aristocratic family of fabulous wealth. It shows goldsmiths' work and jewelry of extraordinary quality, dating from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. These include some of the finest creations of their time by artists such as Hans Petzolt of Nuremberg and Augsburg's Drentwett family, as well as other renowned German and Hungarian goldsmiths of the Mannerist and Baroque era. There are also objects from the nineteenth century illustrating the career of the international diplomat Pál Esterhazy. The book explains the more important phases in the evolution and growth of this outstanding collection. The Esterhazy treasures, as well as the Esterhazy family themselves, have an extraordinary history, including tragic losses and damage through bombing in 1945. Since then, many of the damaged pieces have been brought back to life after years of meticulous restoration. Many pieces in the Esterhazy collection and the Esterhazys themselves are inextricably linked at numerous points to many important developments in the political and diplomatic history of Europe. No other book in English documents this unique collection.

Hungary's Heritage: Princely Treasures from the Esterhazy Collection

Szilagyi, Andras

History & Criticism

Facsimile representation of the large wall-map in two hemispheres made by Jodocus Hondius the Elder in The Netherlands. The book tells the story of the copperplates of the map and their use and reuse by Hondius, his sons and Nicolaas Visscher, as further geographical discoveries were amde and taken into account. This very large format book presents four chapters of historical background information and then reproduces the map in twenty sheets.

The World Map of 1669 by Jodocus Hondius the Elder and Nicolaas Visscher (Wall-maps of the 16th and 17th centuries)

Reference

Hondius, Jodocus

Atlases & Maps

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