The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson

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Details the nitty-gritty of the War of Roses and the life in that era. Great book, and really gives a glance of medieval society denuded of any romantic, rose-tinted glasses.

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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson

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An OK story set during the Wars of the Roses. Some adventurous bits, some women disguising as men, some Robin Hood-type people. It uses a lot of ye's, which makes everyone sound Scottish and may prompt a modern reader to overcorrect 😐
I would definitely recommend this over G.A. Henty (SO BORING), but modern young people will likely not find this interesting.

julesG Interesting about the 'thou' and 'ye'. He should have known, having lived closer to the time than we do now. 😜 6y

TheAnitaAlvarez Well, in Early Modern English, “ye” was used both as an informal 2nd person pronoun and a formal honorific. This book is set during the War of the Roses, so it‘s period appropriate, if you ask me (edited) 6y

rabbitprincess @TheAnitaAlvarez Was it? Well now I feel silly 😜 @julesG See Anita's comment -- I stand corrected. (edited) 6y

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TheAnitaAlvarez @rabbitprincess yup, it‘s all over Shakespeare (for instance), though he‘s a bit later than the War of the Roses 6y

rabbitprincess @TheAnitaAlvarez What was I thinking of then? I seem to recall some sort of erroneous use of ye that is in common parlance. Is it using ye as the, as in ye olde shoppe? 6y

TheAnitaAlvarez @rabbitprincess yes, that‘s a common mistake, or rather a weird language evolution thing related to print, old gothic lettering, and English being weird 6y

rabbitprincess @TheAnitaAlvarez That was probably it. Thank you for setting me straight! 😊 6y

TheAnitaAlvarez @rabbitprincess you‘re welcome! Also, ye was used instead of you (or thou) in Scots, so there‘s people in Scotland who still use it, especially those with a very thick accent, ye ken? 😂 (edited) 6y

rabbitprincess @TheAnitaAlvarez Haha maybe that's also why I was confused 😂 6y

rwmg IIRR, thou (subject) and thee (object) were singular and ye (sub) you (obj) were plural and honorific (think French tu and vous) 6y

rabbitprincess @rwmg I knew about thou, thee and you but must have forgotten or not known about ye. But I do think the book had some singular ye-ing, so that might have been incorrect. All the ye's were certainly distracting! 6y

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