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David
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It was strange how Meyer went from discussing the death of Henry's 3rd wife to ten years later after he's been married three times and is now dying. I was expecting something juicy to explain why he had a second wife executed but it pretty much got glossed over. I'm not at the part where his nine year old is king and Edward Seymour (Duke of Somerset) is calling a lot of the shots.
— Dec 31, 2012 12:06PM
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David
is on page 501 of 623
As fascinating as it is confusing. Why did so many people back then have the same damn names? "Tudors" makes me glad I've got a book on the Roman Empire but now I'm going to have to find one on the Ottoman Empire as well.
— Jan 03, 2013 03:40PM
David
is on page 452 of 623
The final chapter dealing with Edward's reign implied Mary would be as bloodthirsty as her father. While executions did happen and she likely could have stopped them, there was no evidence how she felt about them. It doesn't talk about her executing people simply because they didn't kiss her ass nor does it talk about how she desecrated the bodies of her victims like Henry had done.
— Jan 02, 2013 02:08PM
David
is on page 406 of 623
Edward's efforts to prevent Mary from becoming queen have been thwarted which pleased me until I got to the line at the end of Chapter 1 stating Mary's acts "echoed the outraged committed" by her psychopath father. Uh oh, looks like I'm about to start reading about Bloody Mary!
— Jan 01, 2013 11:49AM
David
is on page 283 of 623
It's amusing that for several days' worth of reading all Henry wanted was to have his marriage to Catherine annulled so he could marry Anne. In today's reading Catherine and Anne have both died, Henry married Jane Seymour, and then she died too. I feel sorry for Catherine and Jane (definitely not Anne) but I have to say, the bad luck couldn't have happened to a nicer despot.
— Dec 30, 2012 03:04PM
