Tales from the Tower

Welcome to more than 940 years of secrets, myths, history and tradition! While battle cries still echoed from Hastings, William the Conqueror began to build a massive tower on the banks of the River Thames in London?a symbol of his Norman victory over Saxon England. In this fascinating and entertaining book, you?ll follow the intrigues and adventures of the people who ruled, caroused, worked and died here. See how the Tower changed and grew over the centuries as palace and prison, mint and menagerie, church and armory, jewel house and torture chamber. You?ll meet kings, queens, elephants, escapees, rogues, saints, spies and more! Hardcover; black and white illustrations.