The White Company

The White Company

By Arthur Conan Doyle
Michael Caine
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The White Company" is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years' War.[1] The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. The climax of the book occurs before the Battle of Nájera. Doyle became inspired to write the novel after attending a lecture on the Middle Ages in 1889. After extensive research, The White Company was published in serialised form in 1891 in Cornhill Magazine. Additionally, the book is considered a companion to Doyle's later work Sir Nigel, which explores the early campaigns of Sir Nigel Loring and Samkin Aylward. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length15 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 31, 2016
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1THE WHITE COMPANY
21CHAPTER XX. HOW ALLEYNE WON HIS PLACE IN AN HONORABLE GUILD.
2CHAPTER I. HOW THE BLACK SHEEP CAME FORTH FROM THE FOLD.
22CHAPTER XXI. HOW AGOSTINO PISANO RISKED HIS HEAD.
3CHAPTER II. HOW ALLEYNE EDRICSON CAME OUT INTO THE WORLD.
23CHAPTER XXII. HOW THE BOWMEN HELD WASSAIL AT THE "ROSE DE GUIENNE."
4CHAPTER III. HOW HORDLE JOHN COZENED THE FULLER OF LYMINGTON.
24CHAPTER XXIII. HOW ENGLAND HELD THE LISTS AT BORDEAUX.
5CHAPTER IV. HOW THE BAILIFF OF SOUTHAMPTON SLEW THE TWO MASTERLESS MEN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. HOW A CHAMPION CAME FORTH FROM THE EAST.
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6CHAPTER V. HOW A STRANGE COMPANY GATHERED AT THE "PIED MERLIN."
26CHAPTER XXV. HOW SIR NIGEL WROTE TO TWYNHAM CASTLE.
7CHAPTER VI. HOW SAMKIN AYLWARD WAGERED HIS FEATHER-BED.
27CHAPTER XXVI. HOW THE THREE COMRADES GAINED A MIGHTY TREASURE
8CHAPTER VII. HOW THE THREE COMRADES JOURNEYED THROUGH THE WOODLANDS.
28CHAPTER XXVII. HOW ROGER CLUB-FOOT WAS PASSED INTO PARADISE.
9CHAPTER VIII. THE THREE FRIENDS.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE COMRADES CAME OVER THE MARCHES OF FRANCE
10CHAPTER IX. HOW STRANGE THINGS BEFELL IN MINSTEAD WOOD.
30CHAPTER XXIX. HOW THE BLESSED HOUR OF SIGHT CAME TO THE LADY TIPHAINE.
11CHAPTER X. HOW HORDLE JOHN FOUND A MAN WHOM HE MIGHT FOLLOW.
31CHAPTER XXX. HOW THE BRUSHWOOD MEN CAME TO THE CHATEAU OF VILLEFRANCHE.
12CHAPTER XI. HOW A YOUNG SHEPHERD HAD A PERILOUS FLOCK.
32CHAPTER XXXI. HOW FIVE MEN HELD THE KEEP OF VILLEFRANCHE
13CHAPTER XII. HOW ALLEYNE LEARNED MORE THAN HE COULD TEACH.
33CHAPTER XXXII. HOW THE COMPANY TOOK COUNSEL ROUND THE FALLEN TREE.
14CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE WHITE COMPANY SET FORTH TO THE WARS.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. HOW THE ARMY MADE THE PASSAGE OF RONCESVALLES.
15CHAPTER XIV. HOW SIR NIGEL SOUGHT FOR A WAYSIDE VENTURE.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW THE COMPANY MADE SPORT IN THE VALE OF PAMPELUNA.
16CHAPTER XV. HOW THE YELLOW COG SAILED FORTH FROM LEPE.
36CHAPTER XXXV. HOW SIR NIGEL HAWKED AT AN EAGLE.
17CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE YELLOW COG FOUGHT THE TWO ROVER GALLEYS.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW SIR NIGEL TOOK THE PATCH FROM HIS EYE.
18CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE YELLOW COG CROSSED THE BAR OF GIRONDE.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW THE WHITE COMPANY CAME TO BE DISBANDED.
19CHAPTER XVIII. HOW SIR NIGEL LORING PUT A PATCH UPON HIS EYE.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF THE HOME-COMING TO HAMPSHIRE.
20CHAPTER XIX. HOW THERE WAS STIR AT THE ABBEY OF ST. ANDREW'S.

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