Author : Clara Dupont-Monod
Release : 2020-08-06
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis The Revolt by : Clara Dupont-Monod
Download or read book The Revolt written by Clara Dupont-Monod. This book was released on 2020-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.