Synopses & Reviews
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 18th 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. 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.
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.
Synopsis
Born in southern California late in the 18th 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. It is here, during Diego's childhood, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealth Native Americans by Eorpoean settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European educaton. In a country chafing under the correction of Naeleonic rule, Diego follow the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins the "La Justicia," a secret underground resistance movment devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege.
Synopsis
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Daughter of Fortune" reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega, born in the late 18th century to a Spanish landowner and a Shoshone warrior in southern California, grew up to become the legendary masked hero Zorro. Unabridged. 10 CDs.
About the Author
Isabel Allende is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction, four memoirs, and three young- adult novels, which have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages with over 57 million copies sold. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in 2012. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.
Nacida en Perú y criada en Chile, Isabel Allende es la autora de nueve novelas incluyendo más recientemente Zorro, Retrato en Sepia, Hija de la Fortuna e Inés del Alma Mía. También ha escrito cuentos cortos, tres libros autobiográficos incluyendo Mi País Inventado y Paula, y una trilogía de libros para jóvenes. Sus libros han sido traducidos a más de 27 idiomas y son bestsellers a través del mundo entero. En 2004, fue nombrada a la Academia de Artes y Letras de los Estados Unidos. Vive en California.
Blair Brown, a veteran of the New York theater, received 5 Emmy® nominations for her starring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.