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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）。16岁的Rae Earl（莎朗·鲁妮 Sharon Rooney 饰）为人风趣，喜欢音乐。基本和普通这个年纪的女孩并没有什么不同。当然，除了，有那么一点胖。因为这一点，她常常给同学叫做“胖妹”，也因为这点，她有时很害怕和外界接触，总是独自呆在家里。有时还会因为 这个原因和独自抚养她长大的妈妈吵架。但这个胖姑娘还是和普通女孩一样，看到帅哥会犯花痴，遇到陌生人会有那么些尴尬。 最重要的问题是，Sharon刚从一个特殊的地方回家——精神病院。但她答应了自己和妈妈一切都会好起来，她要勇敢的对面生活的爱情。究竟这个胖妹会带来一段如何经常的生活日记呢？。
