Make models of castle buildings and little knights, and plan a medieval battle scene that uses the mini-launchers from other books in this series. All you need are everyday items and some adult help. Deploy your launchers on both sides of the castle, jump to your stations, and attack. Bite-sized facts explain how these parts of a castle worked in history too!

Product Description: Traces the origins and development of medieval siegecraft, and describes siege engines, weapons, armor, preparations by the defenders, defenses, surrender, and how the development of artillery and firearms ended the tactic.

Product Description: Readers discover the secrets of these enduring monuments of a bygone age. Titles probe the daily life of castle residents, battles, how these magnificent structures were built, and the knights who defended them. Each title explores castles in Europe, Japan, and India...read more

Describes the background to and the events of the 1453 siege of the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, by Turkish Muslims.

Describes the siege of castles throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East beginning with the Gauls' attempt to take Rome in 390 B.C. and ending in the fifteenth century