The Journal of an Unknown Knight is based on true events and is the riveting political memoir of author and journalist Jose Alejandrino, who served as Presidential Assistant for Economic Affairs with the rank of Assistant Secretary of State in the administration of Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos. 

The memoir begins during the Japanese Occupation in 1944, the year he was born, in the Philippines. 

Alejandrino left the Philippines when he was seven years old and traveled extensively. The son of a diplomat, he lived in Thailand, Spain, England, Pakistan, France, and the United States. 

The reader is invited into the world of a young man dealing with the excitement of living in different places and of being schooled in some of the best educational institutions in the world, like Sevenoaks School in England, the American College in Paris, and Columbia University in New York. Alejandrino's father was the Ambassador to Pakistan, France, and Italy. 

After college, Alejandrino went to work for Shell-France and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, before returning to the Philippines where he became immersed in a web of political activities, starting with the overthrow of the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, the restoration of democracy under Cory Aquino, and the reform-driven presidency of Fidel Ramos.  

His book not only gives a fascinating insight into a world that few of us know or can imagine, but interweaves his own personal journey of his belief in God - a cathartic experience similar to a knight seeking the Holy Grail - fulfilling his obligations, fighting good battles and remaining true to himself, despite the corrupt world of business and the dark side of politics.

About the Author

Alejandrino published his first book in 1981. As a journalist with the Manila Chronicle, he wrote a column called Rosebud.  He would have written The Journal of an Unknown Knight  long ago had he not promised Philippine President Ramos that he would not reveal certain things that happened prior to and during the Ramos presidency so as not to destabilize the Ramos government.  With Ramos out of office, he decided to finally tell the story of what went on behind the scenes that led the country to the state in which it finds itself today. The author is a born-again Christian and a member of Calvary Chapel.