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年轻的凯瑟琳（格温妮斯.帕特洛 饰）正经历着人生中考验，她既要工作，又要照顾体病重的老父亲罗伯特（安东尼.霍普金斯 饰）。罗伯特虽然是一名著名的数学家，但晚年得病的还是无法很好的照顾自己。 罗伯特还是逝世了，凯瑟琳伤心不已，她把自己封闭起来。而罗伯特的学生哈尔（杰克.吉伦哈尔 饰）打算寻找老师遗留下来的数学笔记，这事令凯瑟琳怒不遏止。姐姐克莱尔（霍普.戴维斯 饰）希望妹妹凯瑟琳能够卖掉父亲的房子，跟自己到纽约住。因为她觉得妹妹有可能遗传到了父亲的某些病状，想能及时照顾到妹妹。凯瑟琳根本不想离开，这时候她与哈尔之间的关系也变得复杂了。 哈尔拿着凯瑟琳所给的钥匙打开了罗伯特的抽屉，一份数学样稿出现在他眼前，高兴不已的他向提议把资料以罗伯特的名义出版，但编写的人是谁，令哈尔与克莱尔都大吃一惊。。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）。社会动荡席卷20世纪初的俄罗斯。沙皇尼古拉斯二世抵制变革，从而引发了一场革命，结束了王朝。。
