Book description
Caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton's
loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of
the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow". the Houses of York
and Lancaster are locked in a brutal struggle for England's crown and
the fate of the kingdom is at stake. Shelton finds himself entangled in
the conspiracy. In order to survive he must distinguish friend from foe
and confront the tests of war, shipwreck, murder and forbidden love.
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. Stevenson is
well known for his novels of historical adventure, including
Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886) and
Catriona (1893).
John Sutherland is an English lecturer, emeritus professor,
newspaper columnist and author. Apart from writing a regular column in
the Guardian, Sutherland has published seventeen books and is
editing the forthcoming Oxford Companion to Popular Fiction.
