The rhyme posted in explanation of this attack, makes the protagonist Richard ('Dick') Shelton, ward of Sir Daniel, curious about the death of his father Sir Harry Shelton. The story begins with the Tunstall Moat House alarm bell, rung to summon recruits for its absent lord Sir Daniel Brackley, to join the Battle of Risingham at which the outlaw 'fellowship' known as 'the Black Arrow' begins to strike with its 'four black arrows' for the 'four black hearts' of Brackley and three of his retainers: Nicholas Appleyard, Bennet Hatch, and Sir Oliver Oates, the parson. The novel is set in the reign of 'old King Henry VI' (1422–1461, 1470–1471) and during the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487). It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.

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