Well, I’ve finished it now… and I honestly don’t know how I feel about it. I didn’t learn much about Mary herself that I didn’t already know and it seemed great sections of the book were devoted to Charles Brandon’s finances. I did, though, enjoy learning more about her children but if you’re looking for a thorough, in depth study of Mary then this isn’t it. There were a few mistakes throughout the book, even at one point calling Mary Anne but I think those were more likely to be typos – least I hope so! I know David Loades can do far better than this and maybe he will in his next book on Katherine Howard, where there are perhaps far more sources.