Everyone knows Zorro, but what do we know about his childhood? [BR]The novelist Isabel Allende is leaning over her youth.[BR]Born close to Los Angeles at the beginning of the 19th century, Diego of Vega is the son of a Spanish gentleman become landowner in[BR]California. [BR]Grounds received in reward of his military exploits in Europe. As for his mother, Régine,she is better known under her name of Indian [BR]warlike Tête-de-loup-gris . Friend since always with his[BR]faithful Bernardo, he will grow and work himself at his side. The continuation, full with life and imagination, is in this book which one reads with the eyes of a child- amused, intrigued, and[BR]sometimes filled with wonder... [BR] [BR]Zorro, by Isabel Allende, Grasset Editions, 461 pages