A dazzling history of the Tower of London, one of the world's
busiest tourist attractions, and the people who populated it
Castle, royal palace, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo,
mint, home to the crown jewels, armory, record office, observatory,
and the most visited tourist attraction in the UK: The Tower of
London has been all these things and more. No building in Britain
has been more intimately involved in the island's story than this
mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital, a
place which has stood at the epicenter of dramatic, bloody and
frequently cruel events for almost a thousand years. Now historian
Nigel Jones sets this dramatic story firmly in the context of
national--and international--events. In a gripping account drawn
from primary sources and lavishly illustrated with sixteen pages of
stunning photographs, he captures the Tower in its many changing
moods and its many diverse functions. Here, for the first time, is
a thematic portrayal of the Tower of London not just as an ancient
structure, but as a living symbol of the nation of Great Britain.
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