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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）。朝鲜古老传说中，天界生活着许多巨蟒，它们中间德行最高的将有机会变成龙。每五百年会有一名女性被选中，她将利用龙珠（Yeouijoo）帮助巨蟒实现向龙的蜕变，可是邪恶之蟒布那基（Buraki）处心积虑要夺取正义之蟒蛇伊莫吉（Imoogi）手中夺取化龙的机会，为此不惜召唤魔兽大军攻掠拥有龙印少女所在的城池。少女和保护她的恋人逃亡寻找伊莫吉，但男孩却违背誓言，一切以悲剧收场。 五个世纪过去，童年时代曾听说过巨蟒传说的新闻记者伊森·肯德里克（杰森·贝尔 Jason Behr 饰）意识到，发生在洛杉矶的一连串神秘事件都与布那基（Buraki）和龙印少女有关。及至与女孩萨拉（阿曼达·布鲁克斯 Amanda Brooks 饰）邂逅后，一切似乎变得愈加明朗。穿越了数个世纪的龙之战，正义与邪恶的战火再次点燃……。洛杉矶警察将正在打劫银行的乔（Bruce Willis 饰）与泰瑞（Billy Bob Thornton 饰）团团包围，断无脱身机会之时，两人昔日的经历一幕幕回放出现：崇尚行动的乔与喋喋不休的泰瑞服刑时临时起意越狱居然获得成功，两人为生计找来乔伊表弟哈维打算抢劫银行，他们打劫俄勒冈银行的奇特手法经媒体渲染后一时竟成为著名“过夜劫匪”，三人得手后分道扬镳。不久，被丈夫冷落而出走的红发女郎凯特（Cate Blanchett 饰）结识泰瑞，不知不觉融入乔一伙并与乔陷入热恋，泰瑞对凯特也颇有好感，经过笨拙的努力终于拉近了两人的距离。乔与泰瑞面临摊牌，但凯特表示他们两人在一起才是自己所爱，惬意的时光总嫌短暂，在不断打劫银行的行动中，乔和泰瑞走到了犯罪生涯的终点…… 本片根据真实故事改编，获2002年佛罗里达影评人协会奖最佳男主角、女配角奖。。
