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科尔，一个有抱负的二十多岁的编剧，决定写他迄今为止最雄心勃勃的剧本，策划一个异想天开，他的编剧偶像的女儿谈恋爱，来接近她有名的父亲，好在影视界崭露头角。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）。故事描述单身母亲兼生活方式专栏作家Natalie Lawson（Torri Higginson，《星际之门：亚特兰蒂斯》）得知自己身患晚期癌症，她和她的家人必须在她去世前做好一切「准备工作」。Lauren Lee Smith扮演Natalie的妹妹Maggie，她以前事事都要依靠姐姐，如今姐姐将不久于人世，她必须马上学会成熟和自立。Kristopher Turner和Rick Roberts扮演Natalie的兄弟Oliver和Matthew。弟弟Oliver沉默、安静，甚至有点神秘感，他向家人隐瞒了一些秘密。Shawn Doyle扮演Natalie的爱情对象，他是Natalie两个女儿的校长。Stephanie Janusauskas、James Wotherspoon和Julia Scarlett Dan扮演Natalie的三个孩子Emma、Ca...。
