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In contrast, Richard Shelton, who becomes the knight of Tunstall at the end of The Black Arrow, is a staunch Yorkist. Two other anachronisms in the novel are Sir Oliver and others speaking of "Simnel" and "the Walsinghams" as suspected organizers of the Black Arrow fellowship.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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- 1888
- 1888
Richard Shelton, called Dick, the orphaned son of Sir Harry Shelton of the Moat House estates. Sir Daniel is suspected of murdering Sir Harry in order to become the boy’s...
In the novel, Richard Shelton (Dick) lives as Sir Daniel Brackley’s ward at Tunstall Moat House. A group of outlaws known as “The Black Arrow”, strike, killing Nicholas Appleyard. They leave a message warning that they will also kill Brackley, and his men Bennet Hatch and Oliver Oates.
Set in fifteenth century England during the Wars of the Roses, the story revolves around Richard (Dick) Shelton as he becomes knighted, rescues his beloved Joanna Sedley, and finds justice for the slaughter of his father, Harry Shelton.
The Black Arrow by Robert Louise Stevenson is a historical fiction set in the time of War of the Roses. The book tells the story of a young man named Richard Shelton, who in the quest of obtaining justice for his father's murder and rescuing his love from the grip of a villainous warden, displays loyalty and courage, and becomes an important ...
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Simon Cuff. Richard Shelton - Black Arrow (20 Episodes) Dorothea Phillips. Mistress Hatch (13 Episodes) Gordon Rollings. Father Oates (13 Episodes) William Squire. Sir Daniel Brackley (10 Episodes), The Stranger (2 Episodes) Robin Langford. Richard Shelton (7 Episodes) Helen Stronge. Joanna Sedley (6 Episodes), John Matcham (1 Episode) John Rees.
SectionChapterReaderTime00:34:0600:16:1800:11:0400:14:15The part of Richard Shelton (now four years older) was now played by Simon Cuff. The Black Arrow actor was still a mystery, though, and it wasn’t until series three – in November 1974 – that Shelton was revealed as the alter ego of the Black Arrow.
