Clara Dupont-Monod
Clara Dupont-Monod est l’auteure de plusieurs romans dont La Passion selon Juette (Grasset, 2007), Le roi disait que j’étais diable (Grasset, 2014) et chez Stock en 2018, La Révolte....
La révolte
Auteur
Parution :
22/08/2018
Collection :
La Bleue
1173, The French kingdom. A remarkable queen marshals her sons to rebel against their father.
Richard Lionheart describes his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, a major medieval figure who was queen of France and then England. In 1173, she and three of her sons instigate a rebellion to overthrow the English king, Henry Plantagenet. How and why does she persuade her children to rise against their father? And how does a son cope with this conflict of loyalties?
This book rife with poetry and cruelty takes us to the heart of the connection between a mother and her favourite son – two individuals sustained by literature, unspoken love, honour and violence. It depicts a very accessible Middle Ages stripped of quaintness but full of emotion: modern and energising.
The extraordinary life of a powerful woman as told by her son, Richard Lionheart.
Richard Lionheart describes his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, a major medieval figure who was queen of France and then England. In 1173, she and three of her sons instigate a rebellion to overthrow the English king, Henry Plantagenet. How and why does she persuade her children to rise against their father? And how does a son cope with this conflict of loyalties?
This book rife with poetry and cruelty takes us to the heart of the connection between a mother and her favourite son – two individuals sustained by literature, unspoken love, honour and violence. It depicts a very accessible Middle Ages stripped of quaintness but full of emotion: modern and energising.
The extraordinary life of a powerful woman as told by her son, Richard Lionheart.
« Sa robe caresse le sol. À cet instant, nous sommes comme les pierres des voûtes, immobiles et sans souffle. Mais ce qui raidit mes frères, ce n’est pas l’indifférence, car ils sont habitués à ne pas être regardés ; ni non plus la solennité de l’entretien – tout ce qui touche à Aliénor est solennel. Non, ce qui nous fige, à cet instant-là, c’est sa voix. Car c’est d’une voix douce, pleine de menaces, que ma mère ordonne d’aller renverser notre père. »
Aliénor d’Aquitaine racontée par son fils Richard Coeur de Lion.
Aliénor d’Aquitaine racontée par son fils Richard Coeur de Lion.
240 pages
Format :
137 x 214 mm
EAN :
9782234085060
Prix :
18.50 €
