The Black Arrow (Illustrated)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Overview

From the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped comes The Black Arrow, an adventure classic set in England during the War of the Roses. The swashbuckling story tells of a young man betrayed by his brutal guardian and forced to seek the help of a secret society. Dick Shelton must locate John Amend-All, leader of the mysterious fellowship of the Black Arrow and his guardian's sworn enemy. Shelton successfully infiltrates the Black Arrow and gets swept up into the greater conflict surrounding them all. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781365513978
Publisher:	Enhanced Media Publishing
Publication date:	11/06/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) studied law at Edinburgh University but was determined to become a writer. His extensive travels throughout Europe formed the basis of his first two books. Stevenson is most famous for such thrilling novels as Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). When he died, he left behind the unfinished manuscript for Weir of Hermiston.
 
Gary Hoppenstand, a professor at Michigan State University, teaches in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. He has written introductions for two other Signet Classic editions: Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel and Rafael Sabitini’s Scaramouche. Considered the leading authority on the adventure story, he is currently writing a literary history of popular fiction. He is also president of the national Popular Culture Association and the current editor of The Journal of Popular Culture.

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Table of Contents

	Prologue	3
Book I	The Two Lads
	At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley	19
	In the Fen	27
	The Fen Ferry	33
	A Greenwood Company	40
	"Bloody as the Hunter"	47
	To the Day's End	55
	The Hooded Face	61
Book II	The Moat House
	Dick Asks Questions	70
	The Two Oaths	78
	The Room over the Chapel	85
	The Passage	91
	How Dick Changed Sides	96
Book III	My Lord Foxham
	The House by the Shore	105
	A Skirmish in the Dark	112
	Saint Bride's Cross	118
	The Good Hope	121
	The Good Hope (continued)	129
	The Good Hope (concluded)	135
Book IV	The Disguise
	The Den	141
	"In Mine Enemies' House"	148
	The Dead Spy	156
	In the Abbey Church	163
	Earl Risingham	172
	Arblaster Again	176
Book V	Crookback
	The Shrill Trumpet	186
	The Battle of Shoreby	193
	The Battle of Shoreby (concluded)	199
	The Sack of Shoreby	203
	Night in the Woods--Alicia Risingham	212
	Night in the Woods (concluded)--Dick and Joan	219
	Dick's Revenge	228
	Conclusion	232