The Black Arrow

Robert Louis Stevenson
3.79
19,570 ratings 926 reviews
From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys' adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a swashbuckling portrait of a young man's journey to discover the heroism within himself. Young Dick Shelton, caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, finds his loyalties torn between the guardian who will ultimately betray him and the leader of a secret fellowship, The Black Arrow. As Shelton is drawn deeper into this conspiracy, he must distinguish friend from foe and confront war, shipwreck, revenge, murder, and forbidden love, as England's crown threatens to topple around him.
Genres: ClassicsHistorical FictionFictionAdventureHistoricalLiteratureYoung AdultRomanceBritish Literature19th Century
322 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
5149 (26%)
4 star
7154 (37%)
3 star
5671 (29%)
2 star
1284 (7%)
1 star
312 (2%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Robert Louis Stevenson

Lists with this book

Four Loves
The Ball and the Cross
The Horse and His Boy
Lewolkien Society Reads
95 books3 voters