The Revolt

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Author: Clara Dupont-MonodISBN: 9781529402902Publisher: Quercus BooksYear first published: 13 Apr 2021Pages: 208 Format: Paperback / softbackIt is with a soft voice, full of menace , that our mother commands us to overthrow our father . . .Richard Lionheart tells the story of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In 1173, she and three of her sons instigate a rebellion to overthrow the English king, her husband Henry Plantagenet. What prompts this revolt? How does a great queen persuade her children to rise up against their father? And how does a son cope with this crushing conflict of loyalties?Replete with poetry and cruelty, this story takes us to the heart of the relationship between a mother and her favourite son - two individuals sustained by literature, unspoken love, honour and terrible violence. Show more