About the book: 1997 / XII century. The era of the Norman conquests ended. The English king Henry Plantagenet becomes the most powerful ruler of Europe. The union of this wayward autocrat with the passionate and jealous Elinor of Aquitaine - the queen of the "Gardens of Love" - ​​turned out to be extremely stormy, but the love of kings is not like the love of mere mortals - state interests invariably invade their relationship. The destinies of Henry and Elinor are closely intertwined with the fate of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, a friend of the king. But the monarch does not recognize friendship when it goes out of obedience. He sacrifices love when love encroaches on the throne.