The White Company
by Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-07
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary
This spirited account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers during the Hundred Years War features cameo appearances by historical figures such as Edward III and the Black Prince. Flavorful and realistic in its depictions of medieval life, the novel combines the excitement of a rugged adventure with the romance of chivalry.
Author Biography
Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer born in Scotland who started out as a medical doctor. While at the University of Edinburgh, he augmented his income by writing stories. His first Sherlock Holmes tale was published in 1887, introducing one of literature's best-loved detectives. Doyle has also written many works of history and science fiction, plus plays and poetry.
Table of Contents
| I How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold | 1 | (9) | |
| II How Alleyne Edricson Came Out into the World | 10 | (6) | |
| III How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington | 16 | (6) | |
| IV How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men | 22 | (12) | |
| V How a Strange Company Gathered at the "Pied Merlin" | 34 | (12) | |
| VI How Samkin Aylward Wagered his Feather-Bed | 46 | (12) | |
| VII How the Three Comrades Journeyed through the Woodlands | 58 | (11) | |
| VIII The Three Friends | 69 | (10) | |
| IX How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood | 79 | (18) | |
| X How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow | 97 | (19) | |
| XI How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock | 116 | (14) | |
| XII How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach | 130 | (10) | |
| XIII How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars | 140 | (7) | |
| XIV How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture | 147 | (11) | |
| XV How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe | 158 | (13) | |
| XVI How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys | 171 | (8) | |
| XVII How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde | 179 | (8) | |
| XVIII How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye | 187 | (11) | |
| XIX How There Was a Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's | 198 | (12) | |
| XX How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild | 210 | (10) | |
| XXI How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head | 220 | (10) | |
| XXII How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the "Rose de Guienne" | 230 | (8) | |
| XXIII How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux | 238 | (10) | |
| XXIV How a Champion Came Forth from the East | 248 | (10) | |
| XXV How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle | 258 | (7) | |
| XXVI How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure | 265 | (13) | |
| XXVII How Roger Club-foot Was Passed into Paradise | 278 | (10) | |
| XXVIII How the Comrades Came over the Marches of France | 288 | (12) | |
| XXIX How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine | 300 | (11) | |
| XXX How the Brushwood Men came to the Château of Villefranche | 311 | (9) | |
| XXXI How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche | 320 | (11) | |
| XXXII How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree | 331 | (8) | |
| XXXIII How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles | 339 | (8) | |
| XXXIV How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna | 347 | (10) | |
| XXXV How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle | 357 | (13) | |
| XXXVI How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from his Eye | 370 | (14) | |
| XXXVII How the White Company Came to be Disbanded | 384 | (9) | |
| XXXVIII Of the Home-coming to Hampshire | 393 |
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