{"product_id":"tower-9781250038401","title":"Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling history of the Tower of London, one of the world's busiest tourist attractions, and the people who populated it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCastle, royal palace, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo, mint, home to the crown jewels, armory, record office, observatory, and the most visited tourist attraction in the UK: The Tower of London has been all these things and more. No building in Britain has been more intimately involved in the island's story than this mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital, a place which has stood at the epicenter of dramatic, bloody and frequently cruel events for almost a thousand years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow historian Nigel Jones sets this dramatic story firmly in the context of national--and international--events. In a gripping account drawn from primary sources and lavishly illustrated with sixteen pages of stunning photographs, he captures the Tower in its many changing moods and its many diverse functions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere, for the first time, is a thematic portrayal of the Tower of london not just as an ancient structure, but as a living symbol of the nation of Great Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNIGEL JONES is a historian, journalist, and biographer, covering subjects ranging from Nazi Germany to the lives of British writers. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Evening News, \u003c\/i\u003e the Press Association News Agency, and has been an editor on BBC and independent radio, as well as for \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBBC History\u003c\/i\u003e magazines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492391424274,"sku":"9781250038401","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8c19d933-2b73-4ba1-8ee1-63917d0a254e.jpg?v=1730587558","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tower-9781250038401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}