Never announce you are a Knight, simply behave as one. You are better than no one, and no one is better than you.
When Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke was a boy, his grandfather taught him how to be a knight. Now, on the eve of a battle from which he fears he may not return, Sir Thomas writes a letter to his children so that he may pass on all his hard-won lessons, deepest aspirations and most instructive failures.
Full of adventure and wit, the letter provides a guide for living a good and noble life a reminder that without a little agony none of us would bother to learn a thing; that we must work together as brothers or perish together as fools; that a friend loves you because you are true to yourself, not because you agree with him. And, most importantly, it shows that there is no obstacle that enough love cannot move.
A four-time Academy Award nominee, twice for writing and twice for acting, Ethan Hawke has starred in the filmsDead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca,andTraining Dayas well as Richard Link-latersBefore Sunrisetrilogy andBoyhood.He is the author of the novelsThe Hottest StateandAsh Wednesday.He lives in Brooklyn with his four chil-dren and this books illustrator, Ryan Hawke.
