In order to recruit soldiers for the Battle of Risingham, the Tunstall Moat House doorbell is sounded. Narrated in the third-person limited perspective, the story begins in the area of “Old King George” in England during the fifteenth century. The novel has been adapted to the big and small screen several times, most famously in the 1948 film starring Louis Hayward, and the 1985 film starring Oliver Reed and Benedict Taylor. The Black Arrow originally appeared as a serial in 1883, subtitled “A Tale of Tunstall Forest” as part of the Young Folks A Boys’ and Girls’ Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature. As a result, Dick helps a fellowship of outlaws called The Black Arrow to defeat Brackley and win back his lady. An outlaw named Ellis Duckworth equipped with a black arrow as his trademark weapon convinces Dick that his own personal guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley, has been disloyal. 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: A Tale of Two Roses is the 1888 historical adventure and romance novel written by Scottish novelist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
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