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There are many fictional works that may have inspired the creation of Zorro. He can be likened to the semi-legendary Robin Hood, the English bowman who fought the corrupt and cruel Sheriff of Nottingham and was a champion of the poor . <ref>McCulley, p III</ref>. Then there There are also similarities between Zorro and the character created by the Baroness Orczy, the Scarlett Pimpernel. This character also , like Zorro, leads a secret life and helps the innocent, in this instance, French aristocrats during the French Revolution. The Scarlett Pimpernel also pretends like Diego to be a selfish pleasure-seeker to conceal his real activities.  Another possible inspiration for the character of Zorro was the work of Vicente Riva Palacio y Guerrero. He wrote a fictionalized account of William Lamport, an Irish soldier an adventurer who lived in Mexico in the 17th century. The novel by Palacio y Guerrero narrates the many remarkable adventures of Lamport and how he attempted the raise a rebellion against Spanish rule in Mexico.