This book was tough to get through. I enjoyed the supplemental background to the infamous Henry VIII story and I was excited to see history from a completely new perspective but this book read like a college history textbook. Though I have always had an interest in the Henry VIII story and I've read a lot about his life ranging from Queen Catherine to Henry's death, this book was not something I would generally pick up just to read. I do appreciate all the work that Catherine Fletcher put into her research and I am glad that I learned more about the process of Henry's requests but I would not necessarily recommend this to someone who is not doing a research project.