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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）。《大侦探波洛》系列根据阿加莎·克里斯蒂小说改编，讲述了赫尔克里·波洛和伙伴黑斯廷斯探长、莱蒙女士一同破获一起起复杂案件的故事。在“厨子惊魂”中，一名失踪的厨师带领波洛解决了一起银行欺诈案和一起谋杀案。“幽巷谋杀案”里，总督察贾普求助于波洛，协助调查一名年轻貌美女子的自杀事件。在“约翰尼·韦弗利历险记”中，波洛被要求调查一系列针对这位富有贵族三岁儿子的绑架威胁。“二十四只黑画眉”案中，一位著名画家的去世引起了波洛的怀疑。“第三层套间中的疑案”，一个新的房客搬进了怀特黑文大厦的三楼公寓，在当晚被谋杀。“罗兹岛三角”中，一名英国游客被控在一起犯罪案件中谋杀他人。“海上疑云”案里，波洛和黑斯廷斯探长正在地中海巡航。在接近亚历山大港时，一名富有的女乘客在她的小屋中被谋杀。“非凡窃贼”中，重要的秘密文件在周末的乡间别墅聚会上丢失，一位魅力四射的寡妇受到怀疑。“梅花K之谜”里，电影片厂老板亨利·里德伯恩被发现死在家里，年轻明星卷入了谋杀案。在“梦境”中，一位非常富有的商人法利请求波洛帮助解释一个反复出现的梦，梦中他用左轮手枪在图书馆自杀。第二天，法利被发现在图书馆被枪杀。。萧似雨穿越到古代，被奸人设计，要为宇文昭陪葬。眼见要被大火吞噬，萧似雨靠现代医术救活了假死的宇文昭，两人死里逃生。可惜萧似雨还没来得及庆幸，被宇文昭当成了细作。萧似雨的王妃之路，注定杀机四伏。。
