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Violence
Some
Swashbuckling action and period violence; appropriate adventure intensity
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Romantic content; adult relationships in the adventure genre
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in colonial California and Napoleonic Spain
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of justice, identity, and using privilege in service of those without it
What this book is about
Isabel Allende traces the origins of Diego de la Vega, the man who would become Zorro — from his childhood on a California rancho with a Shoshone mother and a Spanish father, through his education in Spain during the Napoleonic era, to the first donning of the cape and mask. Allende's swashbuckling prequel is adventurous, romantic, and historically rich.
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Swashbuckling violence
Colonial America and Napoleonic themes
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