Tower of London (Wonders of Man - Art Architecture Ebook) torrent

Pdf / English / 1971 Newsweek / 172 pages / 30.4 MB / ISBN 10 0882250027

VAST, GLOOMY, AND ALOOF from the bustling activity of the modern capital, the
Tower of London has played a pivotal role in the history of England. Shortly after the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy erected the White Tower to consolidate his hold over his newly won island kingdom.

Over the span of the next nine hundred years, successive English monarchs transformed the fortress into a royal residence, a state prison, a menagerie, a mint, and finally an armory and a repository for the crown jewels. Tower of London eloquently describes the monument's tumultuous past—the political intrigues and religious crises, the fires, the bombings and mob violence, the coronation processions and sumptuous banquets, the grim scenes of torture
and death, the escape attempts and the dramatic stays of execution. The Tower has served as a stage for the entrances and the exits of such celebrated personalities as Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth I, and Sir Walter Ralegh.

Here is the full panoramic story of England's monarchy, as seen from behind the Tower's imposing walls