The Black Arrow (1924 edition), Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1888 historical adventure novel, is immortalized in this lavish edition featuring N.C. Wyeth’s stunning full-color illustrations. Set during England’s tumultuous Wars of the Roses, the story follows young Dick Shelton, a knight’s ward who joins the outlaws of the “Black Arrow” to avenge his father’s murder and rescue his beloved Joanna Sedley from political schemers.
Wyeth’s paintings—commissioned for this Scribner’s Illustrated Classic edition—bring the medieval drama to life: moonlit ambushes in Tunstall Forest, the siege of the Moat House, and Dick’s duel with the sinister Sir Daniel Brackley. His rich hues and dynamic compositions amplify Stevenson’s themes of loyalty, chivalry, and the chaos of civil war.
For similar Wyeth-adorned classics, seek Kidnapped (1913) or Robin Hood (1917).
