num_pages: 281
description: From the beloved author of Treasure IslandOriginally serialized in a periodical of boys' adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a swashbuckling portrait of a young man's journey to discover the heroism within himself. Young Dick Shelton, caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, finds his loyalties torn between the guardian who will ultimately betray him and the leader of a secret fellowship, The Black Arrow. As Shelton is drawn deeper into this conspiracy, he must distinguish friend from foe and confront war, shipwreck, revenge, murder, and forbidden love, as England's crown threatens to topple around him.
language: English
title: The Black Arrow
titlecomplete: The Black Arrow
characters: Alicia Risingham, Joanna Sedley, Richard III of England, Richard "Dick" Shelton
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, British Literature, Young Adult, Literature, Romance, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 18404
places: England
publisher: Russell, Geddes & Grosset