Revolt of the Eaglets

Revolt of the Eaglets by Plaidy, Jean. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399124952.

News of Thomas a Beckets martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised, Henrys position is precarious: punished at the Popes insistence for his part in Beckets death, he now also has an enemy in his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, after her discovery of his longstanding infidelity with Rosamund Clifford. Eleanor is determined to seek vengeance, so, with King Philip of France, she encourages her sons to conspire, both against their father and each other. Much embattled, the old eagle Henry struggles to fend off both rebellion and the plots of his aggressively circling offspring...