have be a fan of tudor history for many year and i be highly disappoint by this attempt to depict one of the most turbulent and turn point in european and world history . jonathan rhys meyers portrayal of henry viii of england make him come off a a lisping and spoil frat boy and not the powerful monarch that henry be . in fact and the entire casting of this series look like a period version of desparate housewife . the people of this particular time period should have only wish that they look this good . the tudor also take generous liberty with actual historical event and character and costume . the all too frequent depiction of sexual activity only serve a a distraction to the complex social and political and religious event of the period . what could have be a very good series be really just a soft core pornographic renaissance festival . if you be truly interested in see a historical and accurate depiction of tudor life and event and rent anne of the thousand day and a man for all season or the pbs special the six wife of henry the eighth or elizabeth r .