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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）。一场权利的争斗把二位年轻男女拉进了漩涡之中。华商程氏家族的第四代继承人程远（黄晓明 饰）因为父亲的暴卒，从美国奔赴南亚。而他的这次回归也遭到多方势力的跟踪甚至是陷害。在他的船舱卧室里被人藏匿了大麻。而恰巧程远和船上的一对男女：李克金（张晓龙 饰）和伍月（王珞丹 饰）对换了房间。于是阴差阳错，李克金被冤枉。伍月向程远寻求帮助，但无奈时机不凑巧，这时的他必须马上赶赴南亚，解决家族因为无主的混乱。且必须和父亲生前好友的女儿丽达成婚。这是他作为程家继承人必须承担的义务。 在这场家族斗阵中，各方势力相互勾结。让程远无时无刻不处于一种危险的状态中。首先是大姐的儿子妄想夺权；自己未来妻子的爸爸也想吞并程家；而爱他的二姐愿意为他献出自己的生命。在危机中，程远和伍月的恋情也在滋长，而他们究竟会何去何从呢？。
