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Carisbrooke Castle (English Heritage Guidebooks) - Softcover

Young, Christopher

 
9781848020177: Carisbrooke Castle (English Heritage Guidebooks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1848020171 ISBN 13: 9781848020177
Verlag: English Heritage, 2010

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Carisbrooke Castle has been the most important stronghold on the Isle of Wight from at least Saxon times. The keep and main walls were built soon after the Norman conquest, and the castle was frequently updated over the centuries - under the threat of Spanish invasion in Elizabeth I's reign it was transformed into a state-of-the-art artillery fortress. During the Civil War it was used as a prison, most famously housing Charles I, who twice attempted - and failed - to escape while he was held here in 1647-8. The castle also served as a magnificent residence for the lords and governors of the Isle of Wight, including Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, who used Carisbrooke as her summer home until 1938. This guidebook provides a full tour and history of the castle and its occupants.

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Verlag
English Heritage
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1848020171
ISBN 13 
9781848020177
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
40
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