1137. The Duke of Aquitaine, the m coveted region of France, is found dead in Compostela. The body is blue and bears the mark of the 'blood eagle', an ancestral Norman torture. His daughter Eleanor decides to take revenge and to do so she marries the son she believes to be her murderer: Louis VI the Fat, King of France. A captivating historical thriller that spans a century full of revenge, incest and battles. A disturbing mystery in torno to three lives that will forge what m later will be called Europe.