The Revolt
Clara Dupont-Monod author Ruth Diver translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Published:21st Jan '21
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
An unbridled epic . . . Oedipus and Shakespeare at the palace of Poitiers, 'Game of Thrones' in Aquitaine * Le Point *
A profound, modern take on the deepest recesses of the human soul * Livres Hebdo *
It takes a certain amount of audacity of tackle the life of the immense figure of Eleanor of Aquitaine. But Clara Dupont-Monod dances beautifully with history, never putting a foot wrong * Figaro *
ISBN: 9781529402902
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 18mm
Weight: 152g
208 pages