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Tower of London / The Bloody Tower / Sir Walter Raleigh
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This shot is of a special room within the Bloody Tower. (Formally Known as the Garden Tower). The Bloody Tower gets it's name from all the murderous events that took place in the Tower. The Princes in the Tower were said to have been murdered in the Bloody Tower. This room is there Sir Walter lived in "comfort" while imprisoned within the Tower of London. He was even allowed to have his wife live with him, his son Care was conceived and born in the Tower. It is said that Sir Walter Raleigh wrote the first volume of The Historie of the World (London, 1628) in this room.

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