The Knight of Hope or The Life of Luis Carlos Prestes (Portuguese: O cavaleiro da esperanca or Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes) is a 1942 book by Jorge Amado, a biography of the well-known Brazilian revolutionary Luis Carlos Prestes.
The book, written when Prestes was a prisoner of the Getúlio Vargas dicatorship, expresses considerable support for Prestes's positions and indeed admiration for his person.
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