The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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" beg.
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