Padre Mendoza rushed out to welcome the captain with open arms, but when he saw that he had brought only two trail-weary soldiers as depleted as their mounts, he could not disguise his frustration. De la Vega was accompanied by a couple of men and several packhorses loaded with supplies. His horse was covered with foam it had carried its rider many leagues, along with all the gear of the Spanish dragoon: lance, sword, heavy leather shield, and carbine, plus saddle. He leaped from his horse, tore off his heavy uniform jacket, his neckerchief, and his hat, and thrust his head into the trough where women were rinsing their wash. 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.Ī few days later Captain Alejandro de la Vega galloped into the mission. After many adventures - duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues - Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Between the New World and the Old, the persona of Zorro is formed, a great hero is born, and the legend begins. He soon joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Spain, a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Zorro by Isabel Allende : Book DescriptionĪ swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so wellīorn in southern California late in the eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THIS GIVEAWAY, so scroll below to enter!Īfter You by Caroline Kepnes, I bring you Zorro by Isabel Allende.

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