Frederick the Second

''This new edition returns a mercurial, bravura work to the bookshelves, from which it has been absent too long'' Dan Jones, author of The Templars.
Dubbed the ''stupor mundi'' – the wonder of the world – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, led a life of extraordinary drama and ambition. Born in 1194, Frederick was the son of Emperor Henry II and Constance, Queen of Sicily. He inherited the Sicilian...