Castles: A Fortified History of the World by Dan Jones is an instant New York Times bestseller

We are delighted to announce that Castles: A Fortified History of the World by Dan Jones is an instant New York Times bestseller!

Published by Penguin Viking on 3rd November, Castles has gone straight onto the list of bestselling hardcover nonfiction.

Castles tells a grand and sweeping history of the world, told through over three thousand years of iconic fortifications. Jones leads readers on a journey through the many eras of castle-building and across continents as each stronghold tells a unique story of power, politics, and survival, revealing the shifting tides of warfare, the rise and fall of empires, the resilience of people under siege, and the flourishing of new ideas.

In their review, the New York Times praises how the book ”brilliantly shows how myth, scholarship and material history intertwine."

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