So I’m closing in on the end of my beloved book The Children of Henry VIII. Mary is queen now, after John Dudley, the first Duke of Northumberland and a total douchebag, tried to take her out. He cried like a baby when he was arrested,  brought to the tower and, finally, sentenced to death. The punishment is so hilariously fitting for someone so wretched that I had to make a special post just to share it.
Hanging, drawing, quartering and having his heart cut from his body …

I can’t post much today because I am reading The Children of Henry VIII. I’m at the part where Mary, the Catholic and oldest sibling, has been forbidden to practice her religion by her brother and those that rule on his behalf until he comes of age and is having secret masses said by a clergyman who is hiding in her home. Soon, Edward will die and somehow Jane Grey will become queen for just over a week before Mary gets her chance to say “Fuck ya’ll” to …