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Title: The Further Adventures of Zorro
Author: Johnston McCulley
Narrator: Bill Homewood
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-05-16
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The swashbuckling sequel to The Mark of Zorro (The Curse of Capistrano), The Further Adventures of Zorro sees the daring hero out for revenge once more. After Captain Ramon kidnaps the beautiful Lolita Pulido, Zorro takes to the seas and battles pirates in a bid to win her back. Swordfights, death traps, and disastrously tight corners await him. But it is never much more than a challenge as the gallant caballero laughs in the face of danger - nothing can faze him.
Villainous villains, heroic heroes, and damsels in distress are all brought to life in full sonic splendor. A lively and inimitably colorful reading by the stage actor Bill Homewood, who is well accustomed to adventure stories, having previously recorded The Three Musketeers, She, and the Four Just Men series.
Members Reviews:
Zorro, Pirates, and Dons! Oh My!
The Further Adventures of Zorro is the sequel to Johnston McCulleyâs Zorro debut, The Curse of Capistrano. Spoiler alert for those who have read the first Zorro book â he gets unmasked at the end. So everyone knows who Zorro is. That eventually would chance in future stories of Zorro, but not in this sequel. Everyone knows Zorro is the young and dashing Don Diego de la Vega. /End Spoiler.
At the start of the book, Don Diego is out about town with a bunch of other young caballeros celebrating. Don Diego has hung up his mask and sword. Zorro has retired in favor of Don Diego getting married to the beautiful Lolita the next day. âI am done with roistering and adventure,â Don Diego says.
What could possibly go wrong, right? Well, that wouldnât be much fun to read then, now would it? Thankfully for us and unthankfully for Don Diego and his blushing bride to be, Captain Ramon makes a deal with a bunch of pirates to steal Lolita away and kill Don Diego. The pirates succeed in whisking away Lolita, and Zorro sets forth to fight the pirates and save his future wife.
Thatâs pretty much it for the plot. Itâs a straight forward pulp action novel. It does feel a bit repetitive at times. Zorro fights the pirates, gets captures, and then makes a miraculous escape on numerous accounts. Once or twice is fine for the genre, but McCulley was beating a dead horse with that motif. But to be fair to McCulley, The Future Adventures of Zorro wasnât written as a stand-alone book but was serialized for the Argosy All-Story Weekly. For six issues â May through June of 1922 â the story unfolded to readers. So the repetitiveness makes sense in terms of how it was being presented to readers.
Overall I enjoyed this story. It was fun to read another original Zorro tale and to have old familiar faces return on the pages. The villains are villainous, the heroes heroic, the damsels in distress (which is actually also a negative), swords flashed and flickered in the air, wind billows the sails of the pirate ships. Thereâs sword fights on land and on sea, daring escapes, and moments of dashing heroism.
My only real complaint is the repetitiveness of the story (which is a real minor one, especially in context of the publication process) and the fact that Lolita is little more than a plot device for the story. Thatâs not surprisingly either considering the genre and the era it was written.
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Title: The Further Adventures of Zorro
Author: Johnston McCulley
Narrator: Bill Homewood
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-05-16
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The swashbuckling sequel to The Mark of Zorro (The Curse of Capistrano), The Further Adventures of Zorro sees the daring hero out for revenge once more. After Captain Ramon kidnaps the beautiful Lolita Pulido, Zorro takes to the seas and battles pirates in a bid to win her back. Swordfights, death traps, and disastrously tight corners await him. But it is never much more than a challenge as the gallant caballero laughs in the face of danger - nothing can faze him.
Villainous villains, heroic heroes, and damsels in distress are all brought to life in full sonic splendor. A lively and inimitably colorful reading by the stage actor Bill Homewood, who is well accustomed to adventure stories, having previously recorded The Three Musketeers, She, and the Four Just Men series.
Members Reviews:
Zorro, Pirates, and Dons! Oh My!
The Further Adventures of Zorro is the sequel to Johnston McCulleyâs Zorro debut, The Curse of Capistrano. Spoiler alert for those who have read the first Zorro book â he gets unmasked at the end. So everyone knows who Zorro is. That eventually would chance in future stories of Zorro, but not in this sequel. Everyone knows Zorro is the young and dashing Don Diego de la Vega. /End Spoiler.
At the start of the book, Don Diego is out about town with a bunch of other young caballeros celebrating. Don Diego has hung up his mask and sword. Zorro has retired in favor of Don Diego getting married to the beautiful Lolita the next day. âI am done with roistering and adventure,â Don Diego says.
What could possibly go wrong, right? Well, that wouldnât be much fun to read then, now would it? Thankfully for us and unthankfully for Don Diego and his blushing bride to be, Captain Ramon makes a deal with a bunch of pirates to steal Lolita away and kill Don Diego. The pirates succeed in whisking away Lolita, and Zorro sets forth to fight the pirates and save his future wife.
Thatâs pretty much it for the plot. Itâs a straight forward pulp action novel. It does feel a bit repetitive at times. Zorro fights the pirates, gets captures, and then makes a miraculous escape on numerous accounts. Once or twice is fine for the genre, but McCulley was beating a dead horse with that motif. But to be fair to McCulley, The Future Adventures of Zorro wasnât written as a stand-alone book but was serialized for the Argosy All-Story Weekly. For six issues â May through June of 1922 â the story unfolded to readers. So the repetitiveness makes sense in terms of how it was being presented to readers.
Overall I enjoyed this story. It was fun to read another original Zorro tale and to have old familiar faces return on the pages. The villains are villainous, the heroes heroic, the damsels in distress (which is actually also a negative), swords flashed and flickered in the air, wind billows the sails of the pirate ships. Thereâs sword fights on land and on sea, daring escapes, and moments of dashing heroism.
My only real complaint is the repetitiveness of the story (which is a real minor one, especially in context of the publication process) and the fact that Lolita is little more than a plot device for the story. Thatâs not surprisingly either considering the genre and the era it was written.