[MR] Wikipedia: Tower of London

[Garth G. Groff]

  Noble friends,

The lead story today on Wikipedia is The Tower of London: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London (direct link to full 
story). This is a capsule history with some great graphics. I'm a 
dubious about the image of the Duke of Orleans in the tower, and have 
seen this scene described as the imprisonment of the King of France, 
John the Good (note the ermine!). In any case, the story about the tower 
is very interesting. Also note the two related Wikipedia pages at the 
end, "List of prisoners of the Tower of London" and "Tower of London in 
popular culture."

If any of you are fortunate enough to visit London, the Tower is a "must 
see". To walk the same corridors as kings and so many famous people of 
history is a rare experience. As a museum the Tower is unrivaled in 
Great Britain as a depository of medieval artifacts, and you will be 
fascinated by the arms, armor, and other stuff in almost every room. And 
you will never forget the Tower Ravens. Expect to spend an entire day 
here, yet you still won't have time to see everything. I highly 
recommend writing in advance for free tickets to see the Ceremony of the 
Keys, the ritual closing of the Tower performed nightly with great 
pageantry.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Who has been in the Tower twice (and lived to talk 
about it)