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The Tower of London - The Biography (Paperback)
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The Tower of London - The Biography (Paperback)
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List price R400
Loot Price R362
Discovery Miles 3 620
You Save R38 (9%)
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The Tower of London is an icon of England's history. William the
Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in
1066 to dominate London, and it has become infamous as a place of
torture, execution and murder. The deaths of royals attracted most
attention: the murder of the Princes in the Tower, the beheading of
Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, and Lady Jane
Grey, Henry's great-niece, and queen for just nine days. Few
prisoners recorded their experiences, but John Gerard, a Catholic
priest imprisoned during Elizabeth I's reign, wrote of being
questioned in the torture room, which contained 'every device and
instrument of torture'. After being hung from manacles, his wrists
were swollen and he could barely walk. Members of the aristocracy
could not be tortured, and those incarcerated for a long time used
their time to write. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote his vast History of
the World in the Tower. Control of the Tower was vital at times of
crisis, during rebellions and civil wars. It has also been the
country's principal arsenal. It housed the Royal Mint, the national
archives, the Crown jewels and wealthy Londoners' riches, and in
the royal menagerie it contained one of the earliest zoos. Stephen
Porter's landmark history traces the evolution of the Tower and its
changing role, the many personalities who lived or were imprisoned
there, and the 'voices' of contemporaries during the Tower's long
history, spanning more than 900 years.
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