In the intro, Paul pretty much calls Henry a vain idiot, and Catherine a feeble-minded blundering wife. But this one, too, is pretty dry. He's focused on barons being money loving jerks, with bits about Henry VII being a boob. It does set the scene of the sycophants hanging around court.
Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History 1527 - 1536 by Paul Friedmann