![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dick is unaware of his companion’s feminine gender, but it is revealed to the reader in the first chapter or two when it would have been better kept as a surprise. Soon Dick befriends a young man who is really a girl in disguise, in fact the young woman to whom Dick is arranged to be married. The note also hints that Sir Daniel may be responsible for the death of Dick’s father, which causes the young man to suspect his benefactor and wonder if he is fighting on the right side of this war. The arrow, colored black, bears a note pronouncing a sentence of death on Sir Daniel and three of his closest cohorts. Before the battle begins, one of Dick’s colleagues is killed by an arrow from an unseen archer. Young squire Richard “Dick” Shelton doesn’t have an opinion either way, but his guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley, is for Lancaster, so Dick takes up arms for that side. As the novel opens, the forces of both parties are gathering for the Battle of Risingham (a fictional battle, I believe?). The Black Arrow takes place during the War of the Roses, the 15th century conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York, two branches of the English royal family fighting for the throne. ![]()
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