Everyone knows Zorro, but what do we know about his childhood?
The novelist Isabel Allende is leaning
over her youth.
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
California.
Grounds received in reward of his military exploits in Europe. As for his mother, Régine,she is better known under her name of Indian
warlike Tête-de-loup-gris . Friend since always with his
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
sometimes filled with wonder...
Zorro, by Isabel Allende, Grasset Editions, 461 pages