ISBN: 1849080410 9781849080415

Category: History / Europe / France

Page count: 64

<b>An illustrated history of the designs of Vauban, the foremost military engineer of France throughout the 18th century.</b><br><br>Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, of any nationality. In all three of those fields he was a significant innovator and prolific exponent, having planned approximately 160 major defensive projects and directed over 50 sieges.<br><br>This book provides not only a modern listing of his varied interventions and their fates, but also a wide-ranging discussion of just how and why they pushed forward the international boundaries of the arts of fortification.