La flèche noire — Stevenson, Robert Louis

La flèche noire

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Summary

"La flèche noire" by Robert Louis Stevenson is an adventure novel serialized in 1886. Set during England's fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses, the story follows young Dick Shelton as he discovers his guardian murdered his father. Joining the outlaw band known as the Black Arrow in Tunstall Forest, Dick seeks vengeance while attempting to rescue Joanna Sedley, the woman he loves, from a forced marriage. Through numerous adventures, he must navigate loyalty, justice, and romance in a time of civil war. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Subjects (12)
  • Category: British Literature
  • Category: Adventure
  • Bildungsromans
  • Category: Historical Novels
  • Historical fiction
  • War stories
  • Young men -- Fiction
  • PR
  • Outlaws -- Fiction
  • Guardian and ward -- Fiction
  • Knights and knighthood -- Fiction
  • Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 -- Fiction

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