This era has always fascinated me. Their ways of thinking and the day to day life are so far from how it is now, that the idea that these stories are based on reality is more intriguing than if it was all made up. Granted, it is historical FICTION so the author added drama and her own touches, but both books of hers I have read, I've researched the nonfiction part of it afterward. The amount of research the author had to do, and then having to write within such historical constraints must have been really difficult. I really enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl, but what I liked about this one was the look into Queen Katherine's life as a child. It makes her role in The Other Boleyn Girl that much more admirable, for everything that she went through and why. I'm glad I bought the hard copy... I'm sure this will be one that I'll read again :) After I finish the others in the series of course.