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The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

In an age when the call to arms echoed across Europe and the chivalric code wove itself into the fabric of history, Arthur Conan Doyle’s *The White Company*…

The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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In an age when the call to arms echoed across Europe and the chivalric code wove itself into the fabric of history, Arthur Conan Doyle’s *The White Company* stands as a testament to the enduring allure of medieval adventure. Written during a period of Doyle’s fervent historical fascination, the novel breathes life into the 14th century, its pages steeped in the grit and grandeur of the Hundred Years’ War. Inspired by real mercenary bands and set against the backdrop of Edward the Black Prince’s campaigns, it is a story not merely of battles, but of the human spirit’s resilience in the face of chaos. Doyle, who once sketched the novel’s contours in a quiet New Forest cottage, imbued it with a love for the past that feels both meticulous and heartfelt. His characters, brave, flawed, and fiercely loyal, navigate a world where honor and survival are inextricably linked. Though best known for Sherlock Holmes, Doyle regarded his historical works as his truest artistic triumphs, and *The White Company* remains a richly textured journey into an era of valor and ambiguity.

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The White Company was first published in 1891. Works first published before 1931 are in the public domain in the United States, so the text is free to read, share and adapt. The edition shown here comes from Project Gutenberg, which publishes only books that are in the US public domain.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: How the Black Sheep Came forth from the Fold (21:41) · watch
  2. Chapter 2: How Alleyne Edricson came out into the World (13:09) · watch
  3. Chapter 3: How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington (12:55) · watch
  4. Chapter 4: How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men (27:36) · watch
  5. Chapter 5: How a Strange Company Gathered at the "Pied Merlin" (27:27) · watch
  6. Chapter 6: How Samkin Aylward Wagered his Feather-bed (26:02) · watch
  7. Chapter 7: How the Three Comrades Journeyed through the Woodlands (24:33) · watch
  8. Chapter 8: The Three Friends (21:53) · watch
  9. Chapter 9: How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood (40:38) · watch
  10. Chapter 10: How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow (44:16) · watch
  11. Chapter 11: How a Young Shepherd had a Perilous Flock (30:31) · watch
  12. Chapter 12: How Alleyne Learned More than he could Teach (23:03) · watch
  13. Chapter 13: How the White Company set forth to the Wars (16:17)
  14. Chapter 14: How Sir Nigel sought for a Wayside Venture (23:18)
  15. Chapter 15: How the Yellow Cog sailed forth from Lepe (27:50)
  16. Chapter 16: How the Yellow Cog fought the Two Rover Galleys (18:00)
  17. Chapter 17: How the Yellow Cog crossed the Bar of Gironde (16:35)
  18. Chapter 18: How Sir Nigel Loring put a Patch upon his Eye (23:08)
  19. Chapter 19: How there was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's (24:20)
  20. Chapter 20: How Alleyne Won his Place in an Honorable Guild (20:23)
  21. Chapter 21: How Agostino Pisano Risked his Head (21:56)
  22. Chapter 22: How the Bowmen held Wassail at the "Rose de Guienne" (16:06)
  23. Chapter 23: How England held the Lists at Bordeaux (21:45)
  24. Chapter 24: How a Champion came forth from the East (20:40)
  25. Chapter 25: How Sir Nigel wrote to Twynham Castle (13:30)
  26. Chapter 26: How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure (29:26)
  27. Chapter 27: How Roger Club-foot was Passed into Paradise (21:14)
  28. Chapter 28: How the Comrades came over the Marches of France (27:59)
  29. Chapter 29: How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine (25:05)
  30. Chapter 30: How the Brushwood Men came to the Chateau of Villefranche (19:51)
  31. Chapter 31: How Five Men held the Keep of Villefranche (23:02)
  32. Chapter 32: How the Company took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree (16:42)
  33. Chapter 33: How the Army made the Passage of Roncesvalles (19:03)
  34. Chapter 34: How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna (22:22)
  35. Chapter 35: How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle (29:09)
  36. Chapter 36: How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from his Eye (31:06)
  37. Chapter 37: How the White Company came to be Disbanded (21:11)
  38. Chapter 38: Of the Home-coming to Hampshire (20:10)

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