Learn why the Tower was constructed, why it was built where it is, how it developed and how the first prisoner it held remains the only one to escape from the White Tower.

Learn about Alice Tankerville and her attempts to “woo” her way out of trouble with a prison guard; how Wat Tyler led the only force to storm the Tower; and how the legend grew that if you took the Tower you took the country.

Learn about the two young royals who lost their lives in mysterious circumstances; the notorious Judge Jeffries; and the larger-than-life Colonel Blood, the only person to actually steal the Crown Jewels.

Learn about the only American who was imprisoned in the Tower, and went on to become the toast of London society; the tortured life of Roger Casement and how he fell from grace; and spies and informers whose lives centred on the Tower.