The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson is a stirring tale of romance  and adventure during the medieval War of the Roses. Young Dick Shelton finds himself torn between his duty to his guardian and loyalty to the woman he loves. Both are drawn into the conflict and must overcome deceit and betrayal to survive.

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Prologue

I: At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley

II: In the Fen

III: The Fen Ferry

IV: A Greenwood Company

V: “Bloody as the Hunter”

VI: To the Day’s End

VII: The Hooded Face

Book I: The Two Lads

I: Dick Asks Questions

II: The Two Oaths

III: The Room Over the Chapel

IV: The Passage

V: How Dick Changed Sides

Book II: The Moat House

I: The House by the Shore

II: A Skirmish in the Dark

III: St. Bride’s Cross

IV: The “Good Hope”

V: The “Good Hope” (Continued)

VI: The “Good Hope” (Concluded)

Book III: My Lord Foxham

I: The Den

II: “In Mine Enemies’ House”

III: The Dead Spy

IV: In the Abbey Church

V: Earl Risingham

VI: Arblaster Again

Book IV: The Disguise

I: The Shrill Trumpet

II: The Battle of Shoreby

III: The Battle of Shoreby (Concluded)

IV: The Sack of Shoreby

V: Night in the Woods: Alicia Risingham

VI: Night in the Woods (Concluded): Dick and Joan

VII: Dick’s Revenge

VIII: Conclusion

Book V: Crookback

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