| Front | the Black Arrow |
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| Back | a novel Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 set in late 15th England, during the final stages of wars of roses the diffuse plot has three main stands the first concerns the conflict between Yorkists and Lancastrians the second, a group of outlaws , the brotherhood of the black arrow, led by John Amend All, the third, the hero, Richard Shelton and heroine Joanna Sedley the three stories are eventually resolved after the battle of Shoreby, where the Yorkists are Victorious the book ends with the marriage of Dick and Joanna whole novel has shown to be self-seeking and treacherous The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an 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)[1] and ending in the issue for Saturday, 20 October 1883[2]—Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer.[3] It was printed under the pseudonym Captain George North.[4] 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..."[5] The Paston Letters were Stevenson's main literary source for The Black Arrow.[6] |
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