{"product_id":"9781605013725","title":"The Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an 1888 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, which can be classed genre-wise as a historical adventure novel and a romance. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle \"A Tale of Tunstall Forest\" beginning in \u003ci\u003eYoung Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature,\u003c\/i\u003e vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, June 30, 1883) and ending in the issue for Saturday, October 20, 1883?Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer. It was printed under the pseudonymn Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialization and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface \"Critic [parodying Dickens's \"Cricket\"] on the Hearth\": \"The tale was written years ago for a particular audience ....\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e-- Excerpted from \u003ci\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe free encyclopedia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133740859632,"sku":"9781605013725","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605013725_p0.jpg?v=1763830034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605013725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}