World's Most Amazing Castles

Ann Weil

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Which Japanese castle is thought to be haunted with the ghost of a servant girl? Which South American castle defended its surrounding city from pirates? Who lives in Windsor Castle today? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing castles!

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 05 juillet 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406233322
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

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L A N D M A R K T O P T E N S

The World’s Most Amazing Castles

Ann Weil

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Edited by Megan Cotugno and Laura Knowles Designed by Victoria Allen Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd (2011) Illustrated by Oxford Designers and Illustrators  and HL Studios Picture research by Hannah Taylor and Ruth Blair Production by Camilla Crask Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed in China by CTPS

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Weil, Ann.  The world’s most amazing castles. -- (Landmark top tens)  1. Castles--Juvenile literature.  I. Title II. Series  728.8’1-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy Images pp. 6 (© Sindre Ellingsen), 9 (© Dieter Wanke), 12 (© Stephen Saks Photography), 20 (© Alex Segre), 21 (© Porky Pies Photography), 23 (© Peter Titmuss), 26 and 27 (© dbimages); Corbis p. 15 (Asian Art & Archaeology, Inc); Photolibrary pp. 8 (First Light Associated Photographers/Miles Ertman), 10 (P. Narayan), 13 (imagebroker/Jevgenija Pigozne), 17 (Fridmar Damm), 22 (Hoberman Collection UK); Rex Features pp. 11 (Sipa Press), 18; Shutterstock pp. 5 (© St Nick), 14 (© Martin Mette), 16 (© Worakit Sirijinda), 19 (© salajean), 24 (© Maugli), 25 (© Konstantin Mironov).

Cover photograph of Schloss Neuschwanstein near Fussen, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany, reproduced with permission of Photolibrary (Robert Harding).

We would like to thank Daniel Block for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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