The Stone Crown                                           

A Grand Historical Novel about Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II

The past breaks its silence

Excavations at the mysterious Castel del Monte, once built by the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II, unearth previously unknown records: a chronicle of the emperor's life, from his legendary birth in the market square of Jesi in 1194 to his journey to Rome to receive the imperial crown. But that is just the beginning of the young Hohenstaufen's eventful life! A man full of contradictions, he numbers Muslims among his friends while nevertheless preparing for a crusade. He is a deeply pious person, yet he is excommunicated by the Pope. He promotes new thinking while at the same time remaining a dictator. Never has a chronicle been more frank and candid. Yet who was the mysterious author behind it?

After writing a successful epic about BARBAROSSA, the author now recounts the exciting life of the emperor’s grandson, Frederick II