Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes
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'Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes' ('The Life of Luis Carlos Prestes'), also published as "'The Knight of Hope'", is a 1942 book by Jorge Amado
, a biography
of the well-known Brazil
ian revolutionary
Luis Carlos Prestes
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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.
Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands in 1978...
, a biography
Biography
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of the well-known Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian revolutionary
Revolutionary
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Luis Carlos Prestes
Luís Carlos Prestes
Luís Carlos Prestes was a leader of the 1920s tenente rebellion and the Communist opposition to the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas in Brazil....
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The book, written when Prestes was a prisoner of the Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...
dicatorship, expresses considerable support for Prestes's positions and indeed admiration for his person.