Castle (Experience) - Hardcover

Take an incredible journey to 13th century Krak des Chevaliers and experience life inside a medieval castle

A horseman arrives with urgent news that the sultan’s army is on its way to attack! Weave your way through the great halls, towers, turrets and passages as the message is passed on among the knights: ‘Prepare for battle!’

Breathtaking digital imagery takes you into the heart of the fortress. Meet the ‘fighting monks’, find out what it was like to be under siege in a medieval castle and see how everyday life was very different to your own. Eyewitness accounts and action-packed scenes turn discovering about castles into an edge-of-your seat adventure. Bring the past to life in your bedroom with the gigantic panoramic poster!

Brilliant for homework and school projects or just for fun.

Richard Platt has written more than sixty books for children. His best-known are DK’s Cross-Sections, which have sold more than 2 million copies, and the prize-winning Pirate Diary (2002) and Castle Diary (2001).

Dr. David Nicolle specializes in medieval, Islamic and military history. The author of and contributor to over seventy books, he has featured on television programmes on the Crusades, the Templars and Saladin.