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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. Part 1: Ruling by the Book Janina begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum. Part 2: What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion, discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopaedia. Part 3: Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries| and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance. （转自mvgroup论坛）。繁华大都会纽约，卓有成就且花心风流的商人诺曼（马修·塞特尔 Matthew Settle 饰）与美丽女子朵莉（卡蒂娅·温特 Katia Winter 饰）正沉浸在热恋之中。对诺曼来说，朵莉也许只是一枚调剂生活的美味甜点，但对朵莉这个爱情至上的女子来说，诺曼就是她的一切。耐不住女友的不住央求，诺曼总算同意暂时放下手头的要务，和朵莉驱车前往北部山区，在女友爷爷的房子内共渡假期。短暂的浪漫过后，两人的关系突然趋冷，诺曼并没有如愿回应朵莉的告白。他或许以为这是男女相处过程中常见的小波澜，却发现自己正被女友千方百计地留在当地。 宛若童话一般斑斓美好的爱情陷阱，带刺的玫瑰怎可轻易攀折……。
