Rules for a Knight, Ethan Hawke
Rules for a Knight, Ethan Hawke
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Rules for a Knight

Author: Ethan Hawke

Narrator: Alessandro Nivola

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2015

Synopsis

It is 1483, and Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke, a Cornish knight, is about to ride into battle. On the eve of his departure, he composes a letter to his four young children, consisting of twenty virtues that provide instruction on how to live a noble life, and on all the lessons, large and small, that he might have imparted to them himself were he not expecting to die on the battlefield.“Why am I alive? Where was I before I was born? What will happen to me when I die? Whatever well our lives are drawn from, it is deep, wild, mysterious, and unknowable.…” Rules for a Knight is many things: a code of ethics; an intimate record of a lifelong quest; a careful recounting of a knight’s hardest won lessons, deepest aspirations, and most richly instructive failures; and an artifact, a relic of a father’s exquisite love.Drawing on the ancient teachings of Eastern and Western philosophy and religion, on literature and poetry, and on the great spiritual and political writings of our time, Ethan Hawke has written a parable that—in the story of a young man’s journey toward a life of authenticity and meaning—captures the instinctive movement of the heart toward truth and beauty. Rules for a Knight has the appeal of Arthurian legend; the economy of Aesop; and the vitality, intelligence, and risk-taking that could only emanate from Ethan Hawke.

About Ethan Hawke

Twice nominated for Academy Awards for his roles in Boyhood and Training Day, ETHAN HAWKE has starred in the films Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, and Gattaca, as well as Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise trilogy. He is the author of the novels The Hottest State and Ash Wednesday. He lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on May 11, 2020

Another self-help guide in disguise. (Not a novel nor diatribe but some hybrid of these.) But Ethan Hawke is, it must be mentioned, undeniably talented (dude's got not one but two writing Oscar noms. Two! [& two acting ones! =4 total!]). His words & phrases are tender, his examples almost rudimentary......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on November 03, 2021

A Knight in Buddha's clothing Assuming 'The Rules for a Knight', would speak of chivalry, battle and danger, the reality was anything but. This is a Zen-like meditation focused on the humanity one should embrace.. Taken from a letter written in the fifteenth century handed down across generations, E......more

Goodreads review by Therese on November 10, 2015

I was very skeptical of reading this, because of a prejudice that the famous often get undeserved book deals. After reading this sweet little collection of parables, I am very impressed with Ethan Hawke's charming book. The chapters are organized around a list of rules (humility, love, wisdom, etc........more

Goodreads review by Trish on May 08, 2016

This handbook for knights is a 6” x 4” hardcover bound with green cloth and a gold ribbon to place as you read. Hawke initially did not intend it for wide circulation: It was begun when his wife and he decided to have some “rules of the house,” which became more like “rules for living” the more he t......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on June 24, 2018

"Never announce that you are a knight, simply behave as one. You are better than no one, and no one is better than you." "Expect nothing, and you will enjoy everything." "Jealousy, fear, and anger are obstacles to a knight's first goal: a clear mind." "Sometimes to understand more, you need to know les......more

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