The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses

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I know; I don’t care to die either. But when whining mendeth nothing, wherefore whine?

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

This jacketed hardcover edition of The Black Arrow: A Tales of the Two Roses (1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic piece of adventure fiction, set during a civil war in England known as The War of the Roses (1455-1487), that tells the story of a swashbuckling, young nobleman who returns from fighting only to discover that an old family friend has murdered his father. When Richard ( Dick ) Shelton finds that his uncle and guardian will not help him avenge the crime, he turns to John Amend-All, leader of a mysterious fellowship called the Black Arrow, thus setting in motion a series of threats that challenge Dick to discover his capacity for heroism. Color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, enhance a spellbinding tale.