When ‘The Tudors’ Season 4 Episode 1 opens, it is a hot time indeed in Merry Old England, and not just because of the temperature and the lack of rain. His Majesty King Henry, Eighth of that Name, has a new Queen, Katherine Howard. Spoilers surely follow. King Henry, now a middle aged man, has ...
Anyone tuning in to the Showtime series “The Tudors” to see an accurate depiction of historical fact will be sadly disappointed but entertained, none the less. The script writer has taken extreme liberty with historical fact and applied artist license to tell a story about a period in the life of the King of England, ...
In ‘The Tudors’ Season 4 Episode 3, Her Majesty Queen Katherine is behaving as if she doesn’t want to live much longer. How else to explain her reckless trysts with Thomas Culpepper right under the nose of King Henry VIII? Spoilers surely follow. Things are beginning to sour just a bit in that September/May marriage ...
‘The Tudors’ Season 4 Episode 5 might well be called The Fall of Katherine Howard. The story of how Queen Katherine finally arrived at the block is a curious morality tale as well as a lesson in how government can work when there are no limits. Spoilers surely follow. An investigation into Katherine’s teenaged dalliances ...
‘The Tudors’ Season 4 Episode 4 begins with the arrival of King Henry and his companions into Yorkshire and yet more groups of nobles, clergy, and commoners to grovel before him and to beg forgiveness for past rebellions. Spoilers surely follow. After a while, it must be pretty boring for King Henry to hear somebody ...