Strongholds of the realm : defences in Britain from prehistory to the twentieth century / Charles Kightly ; photographs by Peter Ch�ze-Brown

London : Book Club Associates, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 208 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index. Contents: 'For the warres in owld times': British fortresses from the earliest times until 55 BC -- The Roman conquest of Britain, 55 BC-AD 83 -- The Wall and the Saxon shore -- The heroic age, c. 410-800 -- 'The fury of the Northmen', 800-1066 -- 'All the land filled with castles': the Normans, 1066-1154 -- 'The bones of the kingdom': the Angevin kings of England, 1154-1272 -- The conquest of Wales, 1066-1415 -- Castles to 'lord it over the land' Scotland and the Borders, 1066-1400 -- 'Made in help of the country' : English and coastal defences and the advent of artillery, 1335-1600 -- 'Builded like a castle': castles and fortified manors in England, c.1300-1520 -- 'A house for thieves to knock at': Scotland and the Borders, c.1400-1638 -- 'Dangerous and unprofitable to this State': the Civil Wars, 1642-1660 -- 'They cannot come by sea': the fortress of Britain from 1660 to the Nuclear Age. Subjects: Fortification Great Britain History. Fortifications Grande-Bretagne Histoire. Castles Great Britain History. Architecture, Medieval. Great Britain Defenses History. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Military history.