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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）。曾经出版过多部超人气小说的女性作家远野丽莎（中谷美纪 饰）早已登上事业的顶峰，而顶点制霸的同时也昭示着下坡路的开始。 近一段时间丽莎在创作上越来越感到力不从心，和家人糟糕的关系也让她倍感疲惫。上天似乎并未抛弃她，而是适时将川原由树（水川麻美 饰）推到这位名作家的面前。怀有写作梦想的由树名不见经传，她以助手身份受雇于丽莎，凭借出色的文笔和巧妙的构思得到大作家的青睐。在丽莎及其情人——骏峰社文艺志主编神崎雄司（田中哲司 饰）的暗示和诱导下，由树开始为丽莎的新作撰写大纲，并最终成为对方的枪手。 渴望继续维持人气和水准的名作家和拥有绝高天赋但不被世人所知的小人物，她们携手走上了一条共犯之路……。
