The Defense of the Castle
A Story of the Siege of an English Castle in the Thirteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Defense of the Castle: A Story of the Siege of an English Castle in the Thirteenth Century

The author of this little romance of ancient warfare desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the works of the great French architect and engineer, Viollet-le-Duc, and especially to his "History of a Fortress," which is cordially recommended to all young readers who are interested in the story of battles and sieges, as carried on from the days of ancient Gaul to our own times. For it should be remembered in reading history that war has both its science and its art, and that great warriors have been adepts in both, and by both have preserved civilization against the external and internal enemies who would have destroyed it.

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