I felt like I already knew a lot of this history and it took me a second to figure out why. Well, it’s all pretty readily available, but it just simply occurred to me that between Wolf Hall, The Tudors, A Man for All Seasons, and Beckett, so much of this material is well-trod for me. That has no bearing on how good and how enjoyable I found this history to be. To be clear, this is a writer who heavily researched this topic, but focuses on the availability of […]
The reign of Henry VIII is one of the most fascinating in English history.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

