![]() Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Black Arrow and A Child's Garden of Verses.īorn and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely, in defiance of his poor health. ![]() ![]() 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) and ending in the issue for Saturday, 20 October 1883-Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer. It was printed under the pseudonym Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialisation and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface "Critic on the Hearth": "The tale was written years ago for a particular audience." The Paston Letters were Stevenson's main literary source for The Black Arrow It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. 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. ![]() VERY FEW NOTES INSIDE (photo)Ĭountry/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom ![]() Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale in this awesome 1936 Macmillan edition. ![]()
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