Some of the history is pretty questionable, but it's a good read, although certainly not a quick one. It was interesting to see Henry attempt to explain his reasoning behind his behavior. It unfortunately seemed to lose focus after Anne's death, though, and large chunks of time seem to be skimmed over with little information given about what is happening during them.
The focus is mainly on the wives, which seems curious in a book that is supposed to be about Henry himself. I won't speak to the characterizations of each, as it's probably spot on to what Henry felt, justified or not. Will's notes were interesting and helped to clarify certain things, but were too few and far between to make up for the oddness of the pacing and for Henry's narrative simply ignoring things.
All in all it's a good book about an interesting time period.
Rating: 3/5
