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| ]'s novel '']'' was particularly influential in shaping the public's view of the Tower of London.]] | |||
| The Tower of London has been represented in popular culture in many ways. As a result of 16th and 19th century writers, the Tower has a reputation as a grim fortress, a place of torture and execution. | |||
| * '']'' (1840) by ] though written in fictional form, contrives to give a detailed account of the history and architecture of the Tower. He however included extensive underground passages and dungeons which did not actually exist. | |||
| * The Tower of London, as a place of death, darkness and treachery, is most famously evoked in ] play, ], where it forms the backdrop of Richard's seizure of the throne and the scene of the notorious murder of the ], and other victims (see above). A classic film version of this is '']'' (1955) with ] in the title role. This story is also reprised in the historical horror film '']'' (1939) and its ]. | |||
| * The Tower is the setting for ]'s 1888 ] '']''. | |||
| * Apparitions of Anne Boleyn at the Tower are the theme of the song "]". | |||
| * '']'', a detective novel by ], where the Tower serves as scene of a murder (Harper & Row Inc., New York, 1933, 1961). | |||
| * There was an adventure computer game called Traitors Gate released by Swedish Daydream Software in 1999. In the game, the player is an American agent who must secretly steal the crown jewels in 12 hours. The game took place in a highly realistic recreation of the whole Tower area. | |||
| * The Tower Of London features frequently, and is described in exhaustive detail, in ]'s ], especially ], in which the tower is the setting for one of the series' grandest set pieces. | |||
| * The Tower Of London also features in the 2005 Christmas special of the long-running ] television ] series ], in which it was the secret headquarters of fictional military organisation ]. | |||
| *The Tower is the setting for the final battle in the anime version of ], where Alucard faces against Incognito. | |||
| *The Tower is the setting for ] when the crown jewels are stolen by Pascal Sauvage. | |||
| * ] by ], Jonah and Katherine try to save their friends Chip and Alex from the Tower of London. | |||
| * The Tower of London is often portrayed in the ], by ], as a prison. | |||
| * In the novel 'Stars and Stripes triumphant' the Tower of London is partially destroyed by invading American ironclads. | |||
| * In the 2010 series of British Television series, ], The Tower Of London is seen to be present on the futuristc Starship UK (A spaceship housing the British residents in the 29th Century) ] | |||
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