Australian examples
The Alhambra, meaning red fortress, stands majestically on red clay hills to the east of Granada, in the south of Spain. It is considered to be the finest surviving medieval palace anywhere in the world and its gardens, patios and fountains have ... [... more]
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Clive Finlayson
Gibraltar is not only an archetypal fortress, preserving in its dominating topography and walls, bastions and emplacements a rich testament to extended periods of human conflict, but it is also a unique record of the evolution of the sciences of ... [... more]
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Verdun 1916
On 21 February 1916 German General Erich von Falkenhayn unleashed his hammer-blow offensive against the French fortress city of Verdun. His aim was nothing short of the destruction of the French army. Falkenhayn was sure that the symbolic value ... [... more]
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Samuel Rocco
During the second century BC the dynasties of Herod and the Hasmoneans were responsible for a massive programme of fort development. Samuel Rocco examines the construction, design and history of these forts - ranging from the ancient fortress of ... [... more]
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Tim Pickles
The epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the huge Turkish Army of the Emperor Suliman is one of the most compelling stories in the history of the western world. The Turks amassed an army of 30,000 men, which doubled as ... [... more]
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The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945
Gibraltar is not only an archetypal fortress, preserving in its dominating topography and walls, bastions and emplacements a rich testament to extended periods of human conflict, but it is also a unique record of the evolution of the sciences of ... [... more]
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Randy E. M. Foster
Impressive in terms of scale and structure, the Fire Support Base became a dominant element in ground maneuver during the Vietnam War. Initially a mobile base, it soon evolved into a semi-permanent and more sophisticated fortress as a result of ... [... more]
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Gordon Pitts
Gordon Pitts is an editor and writer at The Globe and Mail's Report on Business, specializing in entrepreneurship and management. His first book, Storming the Fortress, was a finalist for a National Business Book Award. He lives in Toronto. A ... [... more]
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William C. Dietz
As the fortress world of Reach and its brave defenders were... Bred to kill, Agent 47 is The Agency's most valuable assassin. So when a competing murder-for-hire organization decides to destroy The Agency, the first person they target for ... [... more]
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The Road to Verdun
World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism On February 21, 1916, the Germans launched a surprise offensive at Verdun, an important fortress in northeastern France, sparking a brutal and protracted conflict that would claim ... [... more]
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The Da Vinci Code
DAN BROWN is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, and Deception Point. He lives in New England. As millions of readers around the globe have already discovered, While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is ... [... more]
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Vladimir Bartol
Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers.& [... more]
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