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A crucial moment in the novel when Sir Oliver, Sir Daniel, and Dick Shelton are surprised by a black arrow in the Moat House refectory hall. The novel is set in the reign of "old King Henry VI " (1422–1461, 1470–1471) and during the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487).
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- 392 (first edition)
- 1888
- 1888
Sir Daniel at the Inn: With William Squire, Glyn Owen, Eddie Byrne, Gordon Rollings. With Will Lawless determined to attack the Moat House, the Leper reveals his true identity.
- Adventure, Family
- 24
- 1973-12-19
- William Squire, Glyn Owen, Eddie Byrne
Pursuing Sir Daniel, Dick rescues Joanna and takes her to Holywood. The next morning, he encounters Sir Daniel in the forest near the abbey.
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.
Mon, Dec 11, 1972. Master Richard helps a woman escape the clutches of Sir Daniel, but he manages to outwit the pair disguised as a blind leper and brings them back to his castle. He has plans to marry Richard to Mistress Sedley, but the Black Arrow has plans of his own, firing arrows bearing warning letters into the castle, one of which plans ...
It was an anonymous figure who protected the weak and the poor against greedy land barons fighting for power and influence throughout the 15th-century Wars o...
The Black Arrow is a historical novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, set in the English Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). The story begins in 1460, when England is being torn apart by the war between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard "Dick" Shelton, ward of Sir Daniel Brackley, goes to Tunstall hamlet to talk the villagers into joining Sir ...
