Zorro : The Curse of Capistrano

from angharad_reads

I'm giving this only four stars, provisionally, as I am eagerly anticipating the Isabel Allende rendition hereof. In this, the original 1919 novel that started the series, The Mark of Zorro gets carved on the faces of his defeated dueling opponent! Dark and dramatic! He might even be the first "s...

from bensdad00

I am frustrated because I do not know enough (yet) to decide whether this is a great or terrible book. The author is either a genius or an imbecile and the story is either a cultural prototype or painfully derivative. I just don't know.Is the stilted language an insightful imitation of a badly tr...

from gaillamontagne

Originally written in 1919, it is a typical hero/villin story and I loved it. Very easy listening. Brought back the many nights I sat and watched Zorro on TV with my plate of Spanish Rice which was a staple of my mother's dinner menu. The narrator had a Spanish accent which added to the dramataza...

from theokester

Ah Zorro. As a kid, I remember really enjoying Disney's Zorro series with Guy Williams. More recently I've had a lot of fun with the new Antonio Banderas movies. However, I'd never read any of the original adventures so I decided it was high time I change that. Being very familiar with the charac...

from rupan0221

Mark of Zorro is a mask man.He mask only eyes.He is said that he is thief.He have brave and gentle.A woman,Lolita,is Don carlos's daunter.Carlos is rich.Don Diego Vega too.Carlos try to marry Lolita and Diego.But,she reject the marry.And she love Zorro.Zorro sometimes helps her.She loves him more...