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Zorro: A Novel (P.S.)
by Isabel Allende

Published: 2006-04-25
Paperback : 416 pages
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A child of two worlds—the son of an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman—young Diego de la Vega cannot silently bear the brutal injustices visited upon the helpless in late-eighteenth-century California. And so a great hero is born—skilled ...

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A child of two worlds—the son of an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman—young Diego de la Vega cannot silently bear the brutal injustices visited upon the helpless in late-eighteenth-century California. And so a great hero is born—skilled in athleticism and dazzling swordplay, his persona formed between the Old World and the New—the legend known as Zorro.

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The role of women in the life of Zorro.
The use of humor in the book.
Comparison of the TV and movie Zorros with the one in the book.
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by kelsey p. (see profile) 10/06/18

 
  "Zorrro"by Pam H. (see profile) 02/10/16

This book was entertaining and very well written. Although it is a story many of us know well it illuminates the background of the reasons why Zorro became the person he was without being tedious. There... (read more)

 
  "Fiction with a Side of History"by Jennifer K. (see profile) 02/22/11

This book sets out to tell how Zorro became the Zorro of legends that we've all seen in movies and does a great job. Allende is a beautiful writer and more than does the subject justice. She includes... (read more)

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