Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor - Softcover

About the Author:
David Abulafia teaches at Cambridge University and is the author of The Two Italies and Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean, 1100-1400.

"A fine piece of scholarship on a subject which has lain in neglect for far too long."--Eric D. Kohler, University of Wyoming

"A most illuminating, judicious, and readable work. It will be blessed by teachers and students of medieval history."--Journal of Ecclesiastical History

"This is that rarest of books, a biography which is both a persuasive and compelling portrait of a man, and of genuine and major historical importance. Nobody will read it without pleasure."--Times Higher Educational Supplement

"A brilliant book....Abulafia systematically destroys the myths surrounding Frederick....The subtlety of this book lies in Abulafia's instinctive sense of how power has won nd lost."--The Evening Standard (London)

"This is that rarest of books, a biography which is both a persuasive and compelling portrait of a man, and of genuine and major historical importance. Nobody will read it without pleasure."--The Times Higher Education Supplement