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.
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