The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Arnold Hicks (Illustrator)

Overview

In the midst of England's War of the Roses, Dick Shelton is on a quest for justice over the death of his father.

Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colorful comic strip form, offering excellent introductions for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the stories.

The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new Paperback Replica edition is part of a continuing effort to make Classics Illustrated available to all, be they young readers just beginning their journeys into the great world of classic literature, or collectors who have fond memories of this much loved comic book series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911238515
Publisher:	Classics Illustrated Comics
Publication date:	01/30/2024
Series:	Classics Illustrated , #78
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

About the Author

The real life adventures of author Robert Louis Stevenson rival those of his famous fictional characters. Born into a strictly religious, middle-class Edinburgh family, he later rebelled and refused to follow his father into the lighthouse construction business, opting instead for a literary career and marriage to Fanny, the love of his life and a crack-shot American divorcee. His travels took him to France, America and the South Pacific. Stevenson was an atheist and free spirit - in Samoa, where he died - and he fought in a civil war for independence. In 1886, the blockbuster novel Kidnapped was published - a dramatic adventure of abduction and life on the run in the wilds of Scotland. Stevenson died in 1894, just 44 years old. The Samoan natives, who were devoted to Stevenson, cut a track through the jungle to create a resting place for him on top of the mountain above his beloved Vailima estate.

Arnold Hicks (1888-1970) contributed several comic adaptions to the Classics Illustrated Series for Gilberton. He was also an illustrator of children's books and painter.

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Table of Contents

	Prologue	3
Book I	The Two Lads
	At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley	19
	In the Fen	27
	The Fen Ferry	33
	A Greenwood Company	40
	"Bloody as the Hunter"	47
	To the Day's End	55
	The Hooded Face	61
Book II	The Moat House
	Dick Asks Questions	70
	The Two Oaths	78
	The Room over the Chapel	85
	The Passage	91
	How Dick Changed Sides	96
Book III	My Lord Foxham
	The House by the Shore	105
	A Skirmish in the Dark	112
	Saint Bride's Cross	118
	The Good Hope	121
	The Good Hope (continued)	129
	The Good Hope (concluded)	135
Book IV	The Disguise
	The Den	141
	"In Mine Enemies' House"	148
	The Dead Spy	156
	In the Abbey Church	163
	Earl Risingham	172
	Arblaster Again	176
Book V	Crookback
	The Shrill Trumpet	186
	The Battle of Shoreby	193
	The Battle of Shoreby (concluded)	199
	The Sack of Shoreby	203
	Night in the Woods--Alicia Risingham	212
	Night in the Woods (concluded)--Dick and Joan	219
	Dick's Revenge	228
	Conclusion	232