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Jonathan Coad.
English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover.
Published London: B. T. Batsford/English Heritage, 1995.
Series: English Heritage.
ISBN 0713472898;
ISBN-13 9780713472899.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Bath Press, Bath.
Size: 186x245x11mm.
Page count: text 128pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and scratches on the covers, a bit of wear on the edges and corners; the spine is a little faded but not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £7.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 453g.

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No particular medieval emphasis. Contents: Settlement & early defences on Castle Hill; The 1st Dover Castle; Most powerful fortress in western Europe; Great siege of 1216; The completed medieval fortress; Life in medieval Dover castle; In the doldrums 1500-1746; The castle modernised 1740-56; During the War of American Independence; During the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; Western heights & harbour defences 1793-1815; 19th‑c. Dover; A frontier fortress — 10th c. Dover; Epilogue.

Illustrations: 63 monochrome text illustrations and 8 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: 8

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes

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See also | Castles | Kent (local history) |
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