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Zorro LP: A Novel
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by Isabel Allende
Sales Rank : 659472
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Paperback: 688 pages
Publisher: HarperLargePrint May 3, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006078721X
ISBN-13: 978-0060787219
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Product Review
"A tale of adventure, history and romance, just in time for long reads on summer afternoons." -- Austin American-Statesman
"Allende’s discreetly subversive talent really shows . . . You turn the pages, cheering on the masked man." -- Los Angeles Times
"Equal parts adventure, historical novel and family saga, ZORRO is a moving portrait of a hero who is heartbreakingly human." -- People
"Equal parts adventure, historical novel and family saga, Zorro is a moving portrait of a hero who is heartbreakingly human." -- People
"Lively and fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune
"One of those rare and perfect matches of subject and author Sinfully entertaining Serious fiction." -- New York Sun
"This is a full-blooded retelling of the old masked-man legend, and it crackles with action." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Wonderfully crafted . . . Allende gives Zorro the feel of a folk or fairy tale." -- USA Today
"ZORRO is great fun . . . A thrilling journey into a world in which cultures clash as often as swords." -- Miami Herald
"Zorro is great fun . . . A thrilling journey into a world in which cultures clash as often as swords." -- Miami Herald
Product Description
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.
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