"Engaging images accompany information about knights. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Working from plans of an actual 14th century European castle, Stephen Biesty has sliced the building into various cross-sections, each one teeming with life and detail.

"Provides readers with exciting details, facts, and statistics about medieval knights"--Provided by publisher.

"Describes disgusting details about daily life in the Middle Ages, including housing, food, and sanitation"--Provided by publisher.

"Raise the drawbridge, man the battlements, and find out what castle life was really like. See lavish banquets, thrilling jousts, and entertaining jesters! Train to become a knight, visit a castle city in China, and discover the tricks used to keep enemies out. Test your knowledge and have hours of fun with eight pages of awesome activities!" -- Page 4 of cover.

"Learn about dragons, jousting, and jesters as you create your own coat of arms, armor, catapult, and more! Easy to follow directions and supply lists included for each craft"--Provided by publisher.

Investigate the defenses and life in the greatest medieval castles and the chivalrous and heroic actions of best-known knights.

Here is an inside look at the history of medieval knights and their armor, jousting, heraldry, and crusades. The life of the kinight is considered from battles and banquets to sieges and chivalry.