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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）。为了纪念早逝的母亲，南希来到了那片对于母亲来说有着别样意义的沙滩，准备在此进行一场冲浪运动。幽静的环境，清澈的海水，温暖的阳光，活跃的水鸟，南希深深觉得这里是上帝赐予她和母亲的福地。 在冲浪途中，南希意外发现了一头遭到鲨鱼攻击而不幸死亡的鲸鱼尸体，这不祥的一幕预示了她即将要面对的可怕经历。尸体的气味吸引了鲨鱼远道而来，南希遭到了鲨鱼的攻击，大腿受伤，挣扎之下，南希爬到了一块露出海面的礁石之上，在这里等待着不知从何而来的救援。更糟糕的是，这块礁石随着潮水的到来很快就要被淹没，这也就意味着，到那时，南希将彻底陷入鲨鱼的血盆大口之中，无处可逃。。塞西尔、索尼娅和伊莉斯，三个儿时的朋友去蔚蓝海岸，把其中一个的房子空出来，准备出售。在这几天里，他们将成为三个年轻男孩的首选目标，对他们来说，这些40多岁的单身女性比他们的年龄更有吸引力。准备玩，三个朋友将逐渐意识到他们的诱惑力量作为熟女。。
