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Robert Louis Stevenson The Black Arrow (Annotated)

A Tale of Two Roses

Fiction
English
81584 Words
Ages 6 and up
140
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance. The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all. [more]

Keywords: Black Arrow, Tale of Two Roses, Robert Louis Stevenson, Literature, Fiction, Romance, Historical Adventure, Juvenile, Children, Illustrated Books, Golden Age Illustration, Richard Shelton, War of Roses, Joanna Sedley, Richard Crookback, Dick, King Henry VI, Clipsby, Bennet Hatch, Nicholas Appleyard [more][Less]

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Chris Beals Education In Terror

Impossible Eyes Trilogy - Book 3

Fiction
English
89480 Words
Ages 14 and up
29
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After the harrowing experience in Panama, when the locals threatened war if the US didn't return the Canal, and the devastating murder of a friend in Washington, Clare left behind Kurt's life of intrigue to pursue her PhD, sending Kurt to Oxford for his. They inadvertently interferred with the plans of a Libyan agent, thrusting the lovers into a web of international terror, pitting them against the aggrieved Libyan, and the IRA. [more]

Keywords: terror, historical adventure, France, UK, spies

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Tarak Ghosh Princess Is Back

Death is not the complete end of life.

Adventure
English
30530 Words
Ages 16 and up
32
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It’s a Mystic & Supernatural Adventure of Mark and Barbara in search of ‘Princess Sorina’s Castle in Transylvania that went underground two centuries ago after the mysterious missing of the Princess. Princess Sorina got a Goldstone from his father seven days before her seventeenth birthday. Her father Count Domitru was assassinated and she had been mysteriously missing since 1807. Was she really missing or she was killed? After 200 years, she is back. But why? So, get ready for the mystic journey to Transylvania with Marks, Anthony and Barbara. [more]

Keywords: historical, adventure, mystery and suspense, hidden treasure, castle, transylvania mystery, princess, historical adventure, murder, novel, latest novel, new books, best books

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G. A. Henty By Right of Conquest

Fiction
English
141064 Words
Ages 8 and up
109
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When Roger Hankshaw boards the merchant ship Swan for a perilous journey to the New World, little does the young Englishman know what adventure awaits him. After a shipwreck strands him in Pre-Columbian Mexico, Roger must find a way to avoid becoming one of the many human sacrifices offered to the Aztec gods. Proving himself to be honorable and trustworthy, Roger builds enduring friendships with many of the natives. Later, when the Spanish noble and explorer Hernando Cortez arrives, Roger is placed in a difficult position. How can an Englishman explain his presence in Mexico? Cortez, with a military force intent on converting the heathen Aztecs, will also plunder their riches. Can Roger help his native friends survive the turmoil of the Spanish conquest of Mexico? [more]

Keywords: by right of conquest, historical adventure, conquistadors, aztecs, colonialism, human sacrifice, cortez, america

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Robert E. Howard A Witch Shall Be Born

Fantasy
English
16361 Words
Ages 6 and up
218
2

Queen Taramis of Khauran awakens one day to find an identical twin sister, Salome, staring her in the face. As an infant, Salome was deemed a witch due to a crescent birthmark on her chest. This birthmark was believed to be a sign of evil, so she was left in the desert to die. However, a magician from Khitai (China) found her, brought her up, and instructed her in the arts of sorcery. Salome has conspired with Constantius, known as "the Falcon," the Kothic leader of a force of Shemitish mercenaries, to take over the city state. Queen Taramis is taken to the palace dungeon, with the implication of torture and rape. Salome assumes Taramis' identity as queen of Khauran and names Constantius her royal consort. The Khaurani army is disbanded and replaced by Constantius' Shemitish mercenaries, an event which turns violent when the captain of the queen's guard, Conan the Cimmerian, refuses to obey the order. After putting his back to a wall and killing a number of Constantius' Shemites, Conan is finally captured and crucified for his defiance. Olgerd Vladislav, the Zaporoskan leader of a band of Zuagir desert raiders, rides by with a scouting party and happens by the crucified Conan a mile from the city walls. Vladislav does not entirely help Conan. He has the base of the cross cut, leaving it to fate and Conan's hardiness that he is not crushed by the heavy wood. Vladislav then refuses to give Conan any water, claiming the Cimmerian must wait until after a ten-mile trek to the outlaw camp to prove his worthiness to his band. [more]

Keywords: a witch shall be born, robert e howard, salome, conan, science fiction, fantasy, historical adventure, action

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