The Tower of London, (Vol. 1 of 2)

THE TOWER OF LONDON
The Duke of Orleans a Prisoner in the Tower ( From a MS. in the British Museum )
BY LORD RONALD SUTHERLAND GOWER, F.S.A. ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
With Numerous Illustrations
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1901
COLOURED PLATE
PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES
BLOCKS
To the English race the Tower of London will always be the most interesting of its Monuments; for it forms a group of buildings that for eight centuries has been the very heart of the English capital, and, since the victor of Hastings raised the great Keep—or White Tower—through all the succeeding centuries, the Tower has been closely connected with the history of England.
It would be vain to search any other city, Rome itself not excepted, for another such group of buildings, or to match the historic interest and splendid record of the ancient Norman structure. The Tower is indeed rife with interest; the most dramatic events of our country’s history during more than seven hundred years have been enacted within or near its walls.