Castle Safety Guide Historical Replicas

The publishers of Gurstelle's book want to emphasize that safety is a top priority in Defending your castle, and they hope that those who use the guide to defend their home will also prioritize safety. The book provides step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and photographs for building a variety of replicas, including tabletop models of the Cheval-de-frise, Da Vinci's Catapult, and Alexander's Tortoise, as well as full-size, functional replicas like Carpini's Crossbow, Hour-Glass Watchtower, and Palisade Wall. Each chapter introduces a new group of historical figures, detailing their conquests and providing information on their weapons and fortresses for readers to recreate.

Gurstelle's publishers would also like to emphasize that Defending your castle takes safety into special consideration, and hopes those using the guide to go all medieval on any punk who threatens their hearth and home will too. Step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and photographs explain how to develop a dozen different replicas, from tabletop models of the Cheval-de-frise, Da Vinci's Catapult, and Alexander's Tortoise, to a full-size, functional Carpini's Crossbow, Hour-Glass Watchtower, and Palisade Wall. In each he introduces a new motley crew, detailing their conquests, and describing their weapons and fortresses for you to build for yourself. Gurstelle himself is an engineer, and previous author of another bestseller, Backyard Ballistics . So even if your castle is more like a 1,500-square-foot rambler, you'll be able to guard it against pillagers, scroungers, solicitors, and your neighbor's fat cat Willard like the 21st century knight that you are. The manual's full title is Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes . It's a mouthful. A mouthful that's chock full of instructions on how to build a garage full of ancient artillery and fortifications. While author William Gurstelle might use the word "castle" figuratively in his how-to book's title, he definitely means us to take the "defending" part at face value.

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