The Tower of London
Author: Edward Impey
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781858941066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the Tower's grand history with beautiful illustrations.
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Sketches of the Tower of London, as a fortress, a prison, and a palace ... illustrated from photographs, by Mr. A. Harman ... Also, a guide to the armories
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Published: 1867
Total Pages: 74
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Author: Geoffrey Parnell
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of the buildings of the Tower of London - one of England's most famous and popular tourist sites - shows how the monument has changed over the centuries. The author, who has himself undertaken detailed excavations in the Tower, traces the development of the fortifications and the evolution of the palatial complex. He looks at the numerous functions the buildings of the Tower have been put to fortress, armoury, palace, prison, mint and even zoo - and the adaptations made to house them all.
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn
Author: Sarah Morris
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2013-09-15
Total Pages: 601
ISBN-13: 1445635364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's infamous wife.
The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship
Author: Jeffrey L. Forgeng
Publisher: Royal Armouries
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780948092855
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJointly Published with the British Royal Armouries Medieval fighting has long been thought to be rough and untutored. Visions of men madly slashing to and fro and hoping for the best still dominate not only popular culture but modern histories of fencing as well. In recent years, the survival of more than 175 fighting treatises from the Middle Ages and Renaissance has provided a whole generation of enthusiasts, scholars, reenactors and stage choreographers with a wealth of new information. This text represents the earliest known text on swordsmanship anywhere in the world. Royal Armouries MS I.33 presents a system of combat that is sophisticated and demonstrates the diffusion of fighting arts beyond the military classes. Within the manuscripts richly illustrated full-color illustrations lie still-potent demonstrates of sword techniques, surprisingly shown by a Priest and Scholar. Most surprisingly, however, is the presence of a woman practcing in the text, the only one illustrated in any European fighting treatise. This full color facsimile & translation has been long-awaited and promises to become an important resource for years to come
Memoirs of the Tower of London
Author: John Britton
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Published: 1830
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama
Author: Kristen Deiter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-02-23
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 113589406X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama historicizes the Tower of London's evolving meanings in English culture alongside its representations in twenty-four English history plays, 1579-c.1634, by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. While Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I fashioned the Tower as a showplace of royal authority, magnificence, and entertainment, many playwrights of the time revealed the Tower's instability as a royal symbol and represented it, instead, as an emblem of opposition to the crown and as a bodily and spiritual icon of non-royal English identity.
The Ravenmaster
Author: Christopher Skaife
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1443455946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian residents: the ravens. Each year they are seen by millions of visitors, and they have become as integral a part of the Tower as its ancient stones. But their role is even more important than that—legend has it that if the ravens should ever leave, the Tower will crumble into dust and great harm will befall the kingdom. The responsibility for ensuring that such a disaster never comes to pass falls to one man: the Ravenmaster. The current holder of the position is Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife, and in this fascinating, entertaining and touching book he memorably describes the ravens’ formidable intelligence, their idiosyncrasies and their occasionally wicked sense of humour. The Ravenmaster is a compelling, inspiring and irreverent story that will delight and surprise anyone with an interest in British history or animal behaviour.
The Medieval Knight
Author: Christopher Gravett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-11-26
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1472843584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 'knight in shining armour' has become a staple figure in popular culture, and images of bloody battlefields, bustling feasting halls and courtly tournaments have been creatively interpreted many times in film and fiction. But what was the medieval knight truly like? In this fascinating title, former Senior Curator at the Royal Armouries Christopher Gravett describes how knights evolved over three centuries of English and European history, the wars they fought, their lives both in peacetime and on campaign, the weapons they fought with, the armour and clothing they wore and their fascinating code and mythology of chivalry. The text is richly illustrated with images ranging from manuscript illustrations to modern artwork reconstructions and many photographs of historic artefacts and sites.
The Armouries of the Tower of London
Author: Howard L. Blackmore
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 528
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