We spent a portion of one day touring the Tower of London, which we hadn't visited since our student days. It consists of many towers.
Approaching from Tower Hill.
The White Tower
Tower Green, where executions took place.
Others--like this one featured in my novel--occurred on Tower Hill, drawing quite a crowd
The block.
The final view a condemned person would have seen.
Looking up.
Traitors' Gate
An aristocratic prisoner would have a room like this one, in which Sir Walter Raleigh was confined.
The famous ravens.
Guard on duty.
An example of a military tent.
In the Armory I test the weight of a 17th century musket. It was heavy.
The architecture of many centuries can be identified from Tower Green.
Tower Bridge and the River Thames.
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