British Castles
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The Rise and Fall of Rochester Castle
In 1215, 150 years after the Norman Conquest, King John sits on the English throne. He has been waging a series of ill-advised wars in France. Outraged by these abuses, a group of English barons rebel. They draft a document that will limit the king's power to indiscriminately tax his subjects. But he renegs on his promises, rendering Magna Carta null and void. With war on its way, controlling the kingdom's most important castles becomes a vital military objective. No castle offers a better strategic advantage than Rochester.
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