伦敦塔是英国皇家的要塞,位于伦敦城东南角泰晤士河北岸,包括了内场的13个塔和外场的6个塔和棱堡,占地12英亩。1066年,征服者威廉一世加冕成为英国国王后下令建造,附属结构的修建持续了几个世纪。最古老的主体建筑是位于中心的诺曼底塔楼,因其是用乳白色石块建成,故又称白塔。 英国数代国王都曾在此居住,国王加冕前住在伦敦塔则更成为一种惯例。而伦敦塔更是以监狱出名,共关押过大约1700名囚徒,不少王公贵族和政界名人都曾在这里度过人生最后阶段。亨利六世因为在玫瑰战争中失利,进入伦敦塔后被爱德华四世杀害。1483年,当时13岁即位的幼主爱德华五世及其胞弟理查德被关入伦敦塔后就没有出现了。多数人认为,他们被其叔叔理查德三世谋害了。1554年,九日女王“简格雷”被以叛国罪名处死时不过18岁。亨利八世把《乌托邦》的作者托马斯椠尔关入伦敦塔,他的两任妻子安妮娠靓、凯瑟琳.
When 15-year-old Jennifer Pandos went missing in 1987, her parents told everyone she ran away. Decades later, her brother Stephen begins a relentless odyssey in search of the truth. His investigation into the case threatens to destroy his family as he becomes strongly convinced that his parents are both implicated in the crime. As time passes, more threads unravel and new evide...
This three part documentary series chronicles never before seen footage & stories of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s journey from rural Austria to the highest echelons of the American dream. In the series, there’s unprecedented access to the most candid interviews from Schwarzenegger, his friends, foes, co-stars and observers. We see many talk about his days pumping iron to his triumph...
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Alastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire.
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