Diego is devastated, but picks himself up pretty quickly and is said to have been married two times by the time of the epilogue.

Did Not Get the Girl: Juliana marries Jean Lafitte.

Dead All Along: Catherine, Jean Lafitte's wife, died before our heroes ever met him.

Coming of Age Story: For Diego, mainly, but to a certain degree also about Bernardo and even Juliana and Isabel.

They meet when they are children, fall in love as teenagers and never even consider dating anyone else.

Childhood Friend Romance: Bernardo and Light-in-the-Night.

He clearly loves his daughters, but he leaves most of the parenting to the governess Nuria.

Broad Strokes The inclusion of Esperanza as Diego's wife who dies under tragic circumstance is taken from The Mask of Zorro, but Diego's imprisonment and eventual death in that film are not brought up and it implied Diego lived to a ripe old age.

Benevolent Conspiracy: La Justicia is dedicated to helping the helpless, no matter which side they are on.

He does not like violence, but when necessary he will respond in kind. This is further reinforced by the revelation that Isabel de Romeu is the book's narrator and in-universe author.

Author Avatar: Isabel de Romeu is a plain-looking tomboy who's brash about being smarter than everyone around her, gets her first male attention when she's 15, and is forced to flee to a foreign land after a repressive ruler comes to power - which are all also true of Isabel Allende.

It starts as a rivalry over Juliana's affection, but grows into a deeply personal hatred.

Apron Matron: Eulalia de Callis, much to her nephew Rafael Moncada's annoyance.

Diego seems to see her as such, too, at least at first.

Annoying Younger Sibling: Isabel to Juliana.

Animal Motifs: The fox for Zorro, obviously.

Amicable Exes: What Toypurnia and Alejandro are described as in the epilogue.

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Juliana, at least to Diego, whom she does like as a friend, but not nearly as much as he loves her.The opening arc of Matt Wagner's Dynamite Comics run is based on the novel as well. He developes a strong sense of justice, and together with his adopted brother Bernardo, sets out to bring justice to the world as Zorro.Ī formidable success in its own right, Allende's novel saw a West End musical adaptation premiere in 2008, with music by John Cameron and the Gipsy Kings and lyrics by Stephen Clark. A 2005 novel by Isabel Allende, about the famous hero Zorro.Īs the son of a Spanish noble landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman, Diego de la Vega was always destined to be a child of two worlds.

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