The story is interesting and book is readable but it is almost an exact replica of the Tudors and Henry the Eight. First wife very religious has a daughter Mary. Second wife named Ann is killed by her husband and has a daughter not the promised son. Third wife name Jane has a son Eddie that doesn't live long enough to inherit. Ann's daughter Sallie (not Elizabeth) ends up running the show. Daughter Mary also thinks she is pregnant and is sick with tumor. This is right out of the history books. The names should have been changed at least. Instead of the 1500 it is during prohibition. Good story but too much close to another historical family