T
he Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by
Robert Louis Stevenson . It is both a historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle ‘A Tale of Tunstall Forest’ beginning in
Young Folks; A Boys’ and Girls’ Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) and ending in vol. XXIII, no. 672 (Saturday, 20 October 1883) —Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer.
It was printed under the pseudonym Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialisation and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface ‘Critic [parodying Dickens’s ’Cricket’] on the Hearth’: ‘The tale was written years ago for a particular audience…’
The Paston Letters were Stevenson’s main literary source for
The Black Arrow.
The Black Arrow consists of 79, 926 words.
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organised by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father’s murder. Dick’s suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all.
he Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by
Robert Louis Stevenson . It is both a historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle ‘A Tale of Tunstall Forest’ beginning in
Young Folks; A Boys’ and Girls’ Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) and ending in vol. XXIII, no. 672 (Saturday, 20 October 1883) —Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer.
It was printed under the pseudonym Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialisation and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface ‘Critic [parodying Dickens’s ’Cricket’] on the Hearth’: ‘The tale was written years ago for a particular audience…’
The Paston Letters were Stevenson’s main literary source for
The Black Arrow.
The Black Arrow consists of 79, 926 words.
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organised by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father’s murder. Dick’s suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all.
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