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This latest book in the Deadly! Irish History series is jam-packed with all kinds of well-researched and fun facts and madcap stories (including a swashbuckling adventure called Seamus the Sinister Swordsman) about the Normans. It covers Strongbow and the Norman invasion and the broad sweep of medieval life in Ireland, showing how the people lived, played, and what they worked at (from the castle builders, chandlers, weavers, millers, to the leech collectors, medicine women, spit-boys and professional farters!)
There is a spotlight on Irish castles throughout the island of Ireland with Deadly! Data on 40, including how and when they were built, fascinating facts about them and the people who lived there and their haunting scores. John Farrelly takes the reader inside castles and tower houses with detailed drawings and interactive puzzles, searches, true and false features and a good sprinkling of Deadly! craft (make your own castle, shield, sword and even crossbow!). And if you are hungry there is always the Norman recipe for roast hedgehog for tea!
Contents
Introduction 6
It's the Fort That Counts - Before Castles 10
Naughty Normans - Strongbow and the Norman Invasion 13
We Moat Be Here For a While - Building a Castle 22
An Irishman's (Tower) House is His Castle - Tower Houses 36
You're Not Going Out in That! - Medieval Fashion 42
Odd Jobs - Work and Trade 49
This One Will Slay You - War and Fighting 58
Medieval and Medigood - Crime and Punishment 74
You Want Me To Eat What?!? - Food and Drink 82
Bleeding Good Humour - Medieval Medicine 90
Winding Down - Fun and Leisure 100
Isobel, Hugh and Fionntán - Medieval Kids 109
Séamus the Sinister Swordsman 120
Visiting a Castle Ruin 132
Normans' Land - Legacy of the Normans 134
Famous Irish Castles Map 138
Timeline 139
Answers 142
