The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16.10.2005 - 304 sivua Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World’s Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... walls. Others have been rescued in time and carefully restored, the new blending skilfully with the old. Such castles are still there for us to visit and are a focus of attention from all over the world. Some will remember the popular ...
... walls. But some castles had their darker side, and our authors have spared us none of the shame of it. Many dungeons have terrible tales to tell. The instruments of torture are in some cases still there, bearing witness to the cruelty ...
... Walls could be scaled — especially earthen ramparts. High ground gave positive advantages but not necessarily decisive advantages. A large enough force could eventually bring down a garrison by blockades and starvation. The next ...
... walls — whether of wood or stone — could easily be undermined. Stone walls were an improvement, and they were very fire-resistant compared to wooden walls, but they could still be undermined, and the weight of the stone made collapse ...
... walls structures meant that the defenders could unleash lethal storms of arrows, spears, stones, and boiling oil on any attackers who were foolhardy enough to pass the outer curtain walls and make an attempt on the inner strongholds ...
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The World's Most Mysterious Castles R. Lionel Fanthorpe,Patricia Fanthorpe Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2005 |