On the third day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me… the chance to win a copy of Unleash Your Inner Tudor: Henry VIII’s Inspirational Guide to a Completely Sizzling, Sparkly, Tyrannical, Much Wider, Demanding, and Sexier You by Andy Demsky/aka Henry VIII.
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The Completely Unleashed Tudor
By Andy Demsky (Henry VIII’s Groom of the Tweets)
The new book, Unleash Your Inner Tudor, is Henry VIII’s extraordinary gift to you, his sociological and biological inferiors. His biography is an exact template for a life examined, a life glorified, and, in his not-humble opinion, a life bloody well lived.
As he likes to shout at those about to crack the book’s covers, “Prepare to have greatness thrust upon you!”
This 180-page volume is not simply a collection of the king’s tweets. Like the king himself, it aims far higher and quite a bit wider. It is in every sense a kind of bible in which history’s favourite fat, ginger despot recounts scintillating stories from his life and helps you discover the lessons tucked into them, like a quail baked inside a duck baked inside a badger baked inside a swan. The idea is to guide you, Tudorsplain to you, and hopefully frighten you into becoming the best Henry VIII you can be.
In Unleash Your Inner Tudor the reader draws supremely profound life lessons from Henry’s first sexual experience with a Boleyn (not Anne), how he outwitted his cunning grandmother, the fact that he did not have his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, poisoned (like, at all!), the ways in which his leadership skills were enhanced via the magic of brain trauma, enriching himself through the nation’s first and best Brexit and much, much more.
There are lessons in love, marriage, parenting, leadership, and managing your moods with binge eating. There is the tiniest bit about beheading, but not much given that he executed only 33% of his wives, which by any standard is a very low percentage, as Henry is always keen to point out.
The book has received loads of 5-star reviews on Amazon, which is presently the only venue courageous enough to carry this transformative tome. And on that note ….
Unleash Your Inner Tudor is, regrettably, the product of a misunderstanding about how books are supposed to be written and marketed in this era. After completing this manuscript, Henry and I discovered that there is no genre called “Tudor Self-Help/Absolute Monarchy Erotica.” And as there is no genre, no editor at any publishing house large or small in the U.S. or the U.K. had any idea how to sell it.
Apparently the man of 500 years ago is also a man ahead of his time. Or slightly to the right of his time. Or, as Henry prefers to think, a man on top of his time committing upon it unspeakable acts. All may be true simultaneously, given quantum physics, etc.
At the news that modern publishers were too timorous and unimaginative to sell his volume, Henry was, as you can imagine, apoplectic. He hurled furniture, tantrummed, stropped, did a lot of rage eating, tossed Papists in the Thames, and primal-screamed into many, many, many cakes.
Had he known more about how publishing works at present he would have written it as a thriller about a sexy monarch uncovering the greatest secrets of history at breakneck speed whilst being pursued by evil Plantagenets, hideous Spaniards, and covens of ex-wives. And he would have titled it The Girl on The Tudor.
But alas, one of the greatest lessons of Henry’s life is resilience and tenacity in the face of challenge. As he likes to say once he’s taken a breath and wiped the cake from his beard is, “Keep calm and marry on.”
Enjoy!
About the Author
Andy Demsky is a writer living in Northern California. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times Magazine, and Better Homes and Gardens. He co-authored A Vineyard in Napa and Little House in the Hollywood Hills. He has been Henry VIII’s social media director — @knghnryviii — since 2010 and sincerely apologises for not being British; not being British was never part of his plan, it’s just that things happen in life and one has to deal with it all the best one can.
Lov to learn more about the Tudors.
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Jessica Gasparini
Another interesting book.
Enthralling !!!!!!
My 90 year old mum loves this type of book
Sums up my current mood really. Fantastic book!
I love this book so much that I literally carry it around in my purse in case I need cheering up. If I win this, I’ll pay it forward and gift it to one of my friends!!!
Cool!
His twitter cracks me up daily. I love it. I’m such a history nerd, and I love these as much as “The Captioned Adventures of George Washington.”
Hahaha i would love to win this one! Sounds like fun!
My wife beats me hands down with her knowledge of Henry VIII. Time to redress the balance !
This sounds like a fun book ?
Yay!!!
Can’t recall the last time that I signed up for a contest but since the man has liked so many of my tweets (delicatebliss son twitter), I shall enter this one, have a glass of wine and hope for a win! Wait, maybe I need to think like Henry VIII.
Sounds like an enjoyable read. Would love to win
Sounds fun 🙂
This book is a MUST!!! I’m in love with his Twitter page.
Thanks for the chance!
Follow Henry on Twtter. Provides solid advice, especially regarding cake.
Oh wow – this looks amazing!!!
Please pick me! ????? I absolutely love Tudor history!
I would be delighted to win!!!
This would be a great book to own. Sounds like lots of fun. Thx for the chance!!!
Fun !!
I would love to win this book, am fascinated by anything Tudor. And I love his Twitter account, it’s hilarious.
Love Tudor history
would love to win a book
Sound’s like a perfect self-help book for today’s world.
Fascinating!
Count me in! 🙂
I’d love to read this one!
Hilarious!
If this book is as delightful as the preview,I am anxiously awaiting it
Free stuff! Woo hoo!
Such wonderful giveaways!
I would love to win a copy, it sounds like an interesting book.
Fun concept for a book, can’t wait to read it!
That’s a book I definitely want to read!
Sounds like a funny read!
Well this looks like a fun book
Wow, yes please, I would love to unleash my inner Tudor
this looks good
A very interesting era. Love the front cover too!
Always been intrigued by the Tudors since I learnt about them in primary school
Self confessed, obsessive Tudor nut that would inhale this book and really, really, REALLY love it!???
Keep calm and marry on! This is a must read!
This would be perfect NYE reading. What a wonderful opportunity!
I need Unleash your inner Tudor!!! I’d live to have it! ???
I’d LOve to have it ??
I’d LOve to have it ??
Yes please!!