The White Company is a historical adventure novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The story is set in 14th century England during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. The main character is a young archer named Alleyne Edricson, who joins the White Company, a band of mercenaries led by the charismatic Sir Nigel Loring. Together, they travel to France to fight for the English cause.The novel is divided into two parts. The first part follows Alleyne's journey from a sheltered ...
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The White Company is a historical adventure novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The story is set in 14th century England during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. The main character is a young archer named Alleyne Edricson, who joins the White Company, a band of mercenaries led by the charismatic Sir Nigel Loring. Together, they travel to France to fight for the English cause.The novel is divided into two parts. The first part follows Alleyne's journey from a sheltered upbringing in a monastery to his recruitment in the White Company. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters, including the mysterious John of Hordle and the beautiful Lady Maude, who becomes his love interest.The second part of the novel is a thrilling adventure story, as the White Company travels to France and engages in battles and skirmishes against the French army. Doyle vividly describes the medieval setting, from the harsh realities of warfare to the chivalric code of honor that the knights and soldiers uphold.The White Company is a classic adventure novel that combines historical accuracy with swashbuckling action and romance. It is a must-read for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle and anyone interested in medieval history and culture.As he raised himself to look over the bracken at his enemies, the staring color caught the eye of the bailiff, who broke into a long screeching whoop and spurred forward sword in hand. Seeing himself discovered, the man rushed out from his hiding-place, and bounded at the top of his speed down the line of archers, keeping a good hundred paces to the front of them.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Beautifully bound and illustrated, Doyle immersed himself in archaic English and French and delivers in this fascinating adventure about one of the Crusades. I must add that what he delivers is a bit of a muddle for 21st Century readers -- so many names of official positions in Middle English and French -- the names of foods, places, past-times -- though they lend tremendous flavor to the narrative, are maddening in that they require continual sorting out, or looking up in the dictionary or online. Still, the heroes journey has a sweep that is irresistible.
lisagayle
Dec 23, 2011
Great book!
One of my new all-time favorites! I wasn't sure if I would like it, but as a medieval history major, I love historical fiction and non-fiction. VERY entertaining and witty. Some of Sir Nigel's dialogue had me laughing out loud.