The Plantagenet Prelude - (The Plantagenets: book I): the compelling portrait of a Queen in the making from the Queen of Engli

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.