false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544184m/24796.jpg 24796 35 A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well. Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Spain, a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule. He soon joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. Between the New World and the Old, the persona of Zorro is formed, a great hero is born, and the legend begins. After many adventures -- duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues -- Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves. 1461252 book 1 5 2005 Zorro total:3089|5:623|4:1227|3:911|2:260|1:68| 3089 11344 4105 489 3 2 false false Sun Feb 10 14:31:31 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 12 19:42:30 -0700 2009 Ines of My Soul this is another departure for Allende. In this one she gives us a biography of the fictional pulp hero Zorro (aka Diego de la Vega). Most of the novel focuses on the childhood of Diego and his 'milk brother' and companion Bernardo. This was by far the most satisfying p...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 19:59:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:02:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Sep 12 09:42:39 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 09:42:57 -0700 2008
Is it possible to Mary Sue a male character? What would that be called? Because, yeah, we all know Zorro has to kick all sorts of figurative and literal ass, but apparently his only flaw is that his ears...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Nov 14 07:59:39 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 07:59:39 -0800 2007 Zorro is written by Isabel Allende, who is apparently a successful writer from Latin America. But frankly, I just don't think this was all that good. I expected more of a s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 06:07:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 05:37:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:32:42 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:32:42 -0800 2009 The fictional Zorro debuted in Johnston McCulley's serialized potboiler in 1919; since then, he's made some dramatic comebacks. By recasting this swashbuckling hero in the context of his personal history, Allende follows in the path of her recent historical fiction like Daughter of Fortune (1999) an...

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Reading ZORRO confirms Allende's well deserved reputation as a brilliant, passionate story teller. She takes the legend of the masked man and fleshes it out into a fullblown historical novel with a depth and sweeping panorama ful...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 27 06:08:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 06:09:26 -0700 2009
This is a "tale of origin" explaining how Zorro became the masked ave...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri May 22 08:53:48 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 08:53:48 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 11:07:39 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 17:07:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 16:06:30 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 16:17:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:54:24 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 04:08:31 -0700 2009 once It is the story of Diego de la Vega who turns into the legendary figure Zorro. The story is a romantic tale of the swashbuckling adventures of Zorro, with Indians, gypsies, pirates, his love for Jul...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:48:53 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 20:16:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:35:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:39:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Oct 21 07:42:40 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 11:34:27 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 07:42:13 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 15:15:25 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:36:32 -0700 2009 (Translated from Spanish)

After reading House of Spirits, I just fell in love with the style of Ms. Allende’s writing and am always in awe of those who write in a tongue other than English. While this subject never interested me before, I was willing to read...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 13:29:40 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:42:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 10 21:57:55 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 21:57:55 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Sep 27 15:33:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:33:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:49:14 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 04:19:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24796