The Falcon of Palermo.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Description: Falcon opens at the dawn of the 13th century with the nations of modern Europe just beginning to take shape as city-states, while the papacy clings to its temporal power. Into this era of shifting borders steps a leader who becomes legend-the brilliant maverick Frederick II.Emperor Henry summons his pregnant wife, Queen Constance, to the Kingdom of Sicily to quell a rebellion. On her way to Palermo, early labor forces Constance to have her long-awaited heir, Frederick, in the.