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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）。影片讲述了二战中，美国第一批黑人飞行员，克服当时制度和种族上的限制，组成了一支带有实验性质的特殊的轰炸机护卫队——塔斯克基飞行（TuskegeeAirmen）。他们的飞机上都画着“红尾巴”，于是这也成为了他们的绰号。“红尾巴”这支美国军事史上第一支由非裔美国人组成的飞行员编队，因为参加战争培训被派往阿拉巴马州随时准备迎战。在那里，他们经历了猖獗的种族主义和骚扰，他们的飞行和战斗能力曾饱受质疑，但“红尾巴”在空中卓越的表现，促使空军废除了种族隔离制度。他们在与意大利、德国的冲突中也起到了不可或缺的作用。。单行本第9卷限定版同捆DVD。。