Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes

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.

Novels by Jorge Amado
  • O País do Carnaval (1931)
  • Cacau (1933)
  • Suor (1934)
  • Jubiabá (1935)
  • Mar Morto (1936)
  • Capitães da Areia (1937)
  • Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes (1942)
  • Terras do Sem Fim (1943)
  • São Jorge dos Ilhéus (1944)
  • Seara Vermelha (1946)
  • Os Subterrâneos da Liberdade (1954)
  • Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958)
  • A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua (1959)
  • Os Velhos Marinheiros ou o Capitão de Longo Curso (1961)
  • Os Pastores da Noite (1964)
  • Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1966)
  • Tenda dos Milagres (1969)
  • Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra (1972)
  • Tieta do Agreste (1977)
  • Farda Fardão Camisola de Dormir (1979)
  • Tocaia Grande (1984)
  • O Sumiço da Santa (1988)
  • A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos (1994)
  • Navegação de Cabotagem (1992)
  • O Compadre de Ogum (1995)


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