The Arrow of Gold is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1919. The story is set in Marseilles, France, around 1870, during the so-called ’Carlist War’.The story is set in Marseilles, France, around 1870, during the so-called ’Carlist War’. The characters are obviously anti, but everything revolves around the love triangle of the young narrator with Dona Rita and Captain Blunt. Dona Rita, however, is a secret lender of a group of ammunition smugglers. Within this work there are the classic elements of success: the murky love and tormented relationships, intrigues, twists and turns, the struggle for power.