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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）。半岛大厦天井，警员徐泰被发现时身负重伤，奄奄一息。同时，警方还在现场找到了昏迷不醒的督察凌光。结合近期发生的电钻杀人案，警方怀疑此案为同一凶手所为。凌光苏醒后失忆，导致其无法解释与徐泰相会之事，因此陈安哲等警员指责其为凶手。余总警司让他不要插手此案。凌光深感委屈，身边只剩好友阿鬼力挺。记事簿显示，凌光在案发时均在请假，他询问妻子希爱和养子仔仔希望唤起当时的记忆，无济于事。他的脑中不停闪现血腥场面，精神极度失控，不但冷淡妻儿，而且忽视了刚离婚的妹妹凌敏。收集证据时，凌光赫然发现，几名死者竟然跟自己有着特殊的关系，而且这背后还隐藏着更大的阴谋……。杰克（科尔•豪瑟 Cole Hauser 饰）与泰勒（艾迪•斯比安 Eddie Cibrian 饰）两兄弟是两个酷爱探险的洞窟专家，在生物专家尼古拉（Marcel Iures 饰）和詹妮丝博士（Lena Headey 饰）的邀请下，他们携经验丰富的团队来到罗马尼亚卡尔巴阡山脉，准备对偶然在这里发现的巨大洞穴以及其中的古教堂进行勘查。 探险队员布里格斯（Rick Ravanello 饰）最先入水勘测，但通讯后不久便和队友失去联系。为了安全起见，杰克与泰勒决定全体出发寻找。沿途他们见到各种前所未见的古怪生物，原来在这座封闭的山洞里，竟有着一个完全独立的古生物系统。但是这些发现并未给他们带来太多惊喜，这群探险者已被困在山洞里，而来自未知生物的威胁正渐渐逼向他们……。
