Join us for an evening with bestselling author and historian, Dan Jones at City Screen Picturehouse in York, Wednesday 14th October 7pm.

Join us for an evening with bestselling author and historian, Dan Jones at City Screen Picturehouse in York, Wednesday 14th October 7pm.

Dan Jones will be speaking at City Screen Picturehouse as part of his nationwide tour to celebrate the release of Castles: A Fortified History. There will be a book signing at the end of the event.

The venue:

City Screen Picturehouse is a premier venue at the heart York city centre. This event will take place in Screen 1 and doors will open to the public at 6.40pm

13 Coney Street, YORK, YO1 9QL

About the book: Castles by Dan Jones

From the bestselling author of The Templars and Powers and Thrones, Dan Jones returns with Castles: a gripping history of the world told through over a dozen iconic strongholds.

Castles have been built to defend humanity for millennia – from the walls of Troy over three thousand years ago and the desert bastion of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria; to Windsor Castle and the Tower of London; to Himeji in Japan and the Maginot Line in the Second World War. They have inspired terror and ambition, foiled conquering forces, and been deployed as the ultimate expression of wealth, status and supremacy.

Jones leads readers on a journey through centuries and across continents as each castle 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.

Blending rich storytelling, cutting-edge research and beautiful original illustrations, Castles is an epic story of how humans first came to build fortifications and how they expanded into powerfully capturing our imagination. With Jones’s trademark scholarship and flair, he shows how defiance, endurance and imagination have been carved into the landscapes we’ve inherited.

About the author:

For further information on Dan Jones' catalogue of works, please visit our author page:

Dan Jones Books | Waterstones

Accessibility:

Please email events.york@waterstones.com for assistance enquiries.

City Screen Picturehouse is wheelchair accessible and has a customer lift up to Screen 1.

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