Zorro A Novel
Zorro A Novel by Isabel Allende is a first edition published by Harper Collins on May 3, 2005, featuring 400 pages in English. This narrative explores the origins of Diego de la Vega, revealing how he transforms into the iconic masked hero known as Zorro. Set in late eighteenth-century southern California, the story delves into Diego’s dual heritage, shaped by his aristocratic Spanish father and Shoshone warrior mother, as he navigates a childhood filled with adventure and the harsh realities faced by Native Americans.
Readers will find a swashbuckling adventure that follows Diego’s journey from California to Barcelona, where he receives a European education amidst the turmoil of Napoleonic rule. As he joins La Justicia, a secret resistance movement, Diego grapples with his identity while engaging in duels, battling pirates, and embarking on daring rescues. This novel presents a rich tapestry of Diego’s formative experiences, ultimately leading to his return to America as Zorro, where he seeks justice for the oppressed.
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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, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega’s father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego’s childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage.
At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege.
Between California and Barcelona, 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.
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