Book description
When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his
fifteen-year-old daughter, Eleanor. But such a position for an
unmarried woman puts the whole kingdom at risk. So on his deathbed
William made a will that would ensure his daughter's protection: he
promised her hand in marriage to the future King of France.
Eleanor grows into a romantic and beautiful queen, but she has
inherited the will of a king, and is determined to rule Aquitaine
using her husband's power as King of France. Her resolve knows no
limit and, in the years to follow she is to become one of history's
most scandalous queens.
Jean Plaidy, one of the pre-eminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels
had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her deah
in 1993.
