Tag: Castles

Once There Were Castles Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities


Free Download Larry Millett, "Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities"
English | 2011 | pages: 376 | ISBN: 0816674302 | PDF | 63,4 mb
In Lost Twin Cities, Larry Millett brought to life the vanished architecture of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. Now, in Once There Were Castles, he offers a richly illustrated look at another world of ghosts in our midst: the lost mansions and estates of the Twin Cities.

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Castles of Steel Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea [Audiobook]


Free Download Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea (Audiobook)
English | April 27, 2012 | ASIN: B007Y7ONKK | M4B@64 kbps | 40h 23m | 1.07 GB
Author: Robert K. Massie | Narrator: Richard Matthews
In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War.
The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal.

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Castles Conquer the world’s most impressive castles


Free Download DK, "Castles: Conquer the world’s most impressive castles"
English | ISBN: 1465498559 | 2020 | 144 pages | AZW3 | 52 MB
Journey across the world and throughout history to discover the world’s best and most unusual castles, and learn about their features, from the tallest turrets to the dingiest dungeons. Find out how castles have changed over time and what happened to the people who lived in them.

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