There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?
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About Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo was a contemporary British children's writer. Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia →