It 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.
ISBN: | 9781529402902 |
Publication date: | 21st January 2021 |
Author: | Clara DupontMonod |
Publisher: | Quercus an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 208 pages |
Genres: |
Historical Fiction |