Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Black Arrow, A Tale of the Two Roses. by Robert Louis Stevenson.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 swordsman story tells of a young man betrayed by his brutal guardian and forced to seek help from a secret society. Dick Shelton must locate John Append-All, leader of the mysterious Black Arrow community and his guardian's sworn enemy. Shelton successfully infiltrates the Black Arrow and finds himself embroiled in the greatest conflict surrounding them all.The Black Arrow has been adapted for film and television multiple times, often very flexibly. Adaptations include a 1911 short film starring Charles Ogle, a 1948 film starring Louis Hayward, a 1985 film starring Oliver Reed and Benedict Taylor, a Soviet film Chyornaya strela 1985, a 1951 two-part British television series starring Denis Quilley, a 1968 film seven-part of the Italian television production titled La freccia nera, a 1988 animated adaptation of Burbank Films Australia, and a popular British television series that ran between 1972 and 1975. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894)
