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Fortress builder : Bernard de Gomme, Charles II's military engineer / Andrew Saunders.
Van Pelt Library UG429.G7 S383 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, A. D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- De Gomme, Bernard, 1620-1685.
- De Gomme, Bernard.
- Fortification--England--History--17th century.
- Fortification.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685.
- Great Britain.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- x, 382 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Background to Seventeenth-Century Fortress Building 1
- The European background 2
- Military organisation 5
- Predominance of siege warfare 9
- The role of the engineer 12
- Bernard de Gomme (1620-1685) 14
- The Anglo-Dutch relationship and the Civil Wars 18
- 1 The Old Dutch School of Fortification 24
- 2 The Civil War 50
- 3 Dunkirk and Tangier 82
- 4 Plymouth Citadel 106
- 5 Portsmouth 133
- 6 The Medway 169
- 7 Tilbury Fort 192
- 8 The Tower of London and Other Commissions 215
- 9 De Gomme and the Ordnance Office 237
- 10 De Gomme as Draughtsman 267
- 11 De Gomme as Military Engineer 296
- Conclusion: De Gomme, the Man in Context 328.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0859897516
- OCLC:
- 56807934
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