The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses Black Arrow" appeared in "Young Folks" (October 1883): The Battle of Shoreby, a fictitious battle that is the main event of Book 5, is modelled after the First Battle of St Albans in the Wars of the Roses. This battle in history as in the novel was a victory for the House of York. The presence of an abbey church in Shoreby is reminiscent of the abbey church of Tewkesbury to which the Lancastrians fled for sanctuary after the battle on 4 May 1471. In the "prologue" Stevenson intimates that the Tunstall of "The Black Arrow" is a real place:
Wars of the Roses (album) musician. It's kind of a shared sensibility.” Upon release, "Wars of the Roses" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Murat Batmaz, writing for "Sea of Tranquility" webzine, commented, “It amalgamates musical traits from its predecessors while re-shaping them with a more direct approach. The album derives its power from being extremely varied, as it is comprised by far-reaching sonic experiments." Conor Fynes, writing for "Prog Sphere", comments, “The strength of "War Of The Roses" is in its grand instrumentation and clever electronic arrangements. It’s certainly an album that grows with each listen; after all, hasn’t the music of Ulver