Editor’s word: As we speak’s put up is authored by Tracy Borman, joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, based mostly out of London.
The story of the Tower of London is, in lots of respects, the story of England. All through its nearly 1,000-year historical past, this world-famous monument has not simply witnessed however performed a pivotal position in a few of the most seismic occasions within the nation’s historical past. From the Norman Conquest to the Nice Hearth of London, this indomitable fortress has remained a potent, typically terrifying, image of royal energy.
As Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, I’ve loved unparalleled entry to this terribly historic web site, strolling within the footsteps of a few of the most well-known characters in historical past — Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Man Fawkes and Thomas Cromwell. These are characters I’ve spent my profession researching and writing about, so to have been capable of discover the locations the place they have been entertained, interrogated, imprisoned and in some instances executed has introduced their tales to life in a method that books and archives alone may by no means do.
Now, due to our collaboration with Google Arts & Tradition, individuals all over the world can discover this iconic web site — even a few of the locations that guests don’t get to see, such because the King’s Home, the place the Gunpowder Plotters have been interrogated in 1605 — and dive into its historical past by means of digital storytelling, digital excursions and delightful artwork in high-resolution imagery, all coming collectively at goo.gle/toweroflondon.
