![]() We see the conflict not from the vantage of courts and kings, but reflected in the microcosm of what seems to be a small area of the Fenland i.e East Anglia, around the fictional village of Tunstall, with its Moat House and nearby Holyrood Abbey. There is no high-level explanation of any of this in the novel, and no date given to help the reader orientate themself. (Hence the novel’s sub-title, A Tale of the Two Roses.) The story is set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, a confusing conflict when the weakness and mental illness of King Henry VI allowed a major civil war to develop between followers of two large noble families – York and Lancaster, each fighting for the crown – which dragged on for a generation, from 1455 to 1485. Cover of The Black Arrow illustrated by N.C. ![]()
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