I've finished the next hundred pages of Bring Up the Bodies so it's time once again to check in with Steve Donoghue's commentary. (For part 1 of Steve's commentary, see HERE.)
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what Steve's reading schedule is. He said 100 pages each week, so I initially check in on this video after I had gotten to page 200. But then, if you watch the video, much of the commentary is about Henry VIII's jousting accident and its aftermath--which is covered in pages 200 to 220. So I actually went back to the book, read through the jousting section, and then came back to Steve's video.
Speaking of the jousting incident... I was actually just a couple weeks ago watching a Youtube video that also mentioned the theory that Henry VIII's temperament had been altered by the jousting injury (see: Why Did The King Of England Execute His Wives? from 6:09)
[And I guess that incident was also portrayed in The Tudors--see The Tudors 2x08 Anne Boleyn is told of Henry's accident--but I didn't remember it until I looked it up just now. It's been 10 years since I saw The Tudors so I probably am overdue for a re-watch.]
I don't really have a lot to say about Steve's commentary this time. I've got a couple nitpicks. But other than that, I just really enjoyed his video. As always.
* Nitpick: Steve mentions Cromwell touching Henry's face as the first time the character has touched Henry. Is it? I think I remember him touching Henry before, although my memory is not sure.
* Another Nitpick: The Duke of Norfolk doesn't directly tell Cromwell "by the end of today, your head will be on a spike." Instead, he implies it. As described in the book:
"By God, Cromwell!" he [Norfolk] snarls. And his import is clear. By God I've got you now; by God, your presumptuous guts will be drawn; by God, before the day is over your head will be spiked. (p.203)
* Okay, last one. That quote that Steve reads out at 21:09 actually comes from page 249, which is (I think) outside of the reading for this video. Or is it?
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