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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.