The King's Pleasure

Well-written, well-researched historical fiction. Weir illuminates the personality of Henry and the scheming of the Tudor court, showing how dangerous it could be for the people around him. I thought the depiction of his relationship with Anne Boleyn was particularly good, that he behaved as a spoilt child who was obsessed with her but realised once they had married that he desired the idea of her more than her as a person.