The White Company
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The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical adventure set during the Hundred Years' War. The White Company is set in the late 14th century, mostly in England and France.
When Arthur Conan Doyle was young, his mother used to tell him tales about glorious knights and their chivalrous deeds. But it was not until 1889 when he attended a lecture on medieval times that Doyle began to seriously think about the fourteenth century. He extensively researched and The White Company was initially published in serialized form in 1891 in Cornhill Magazine.
Despite its lack of fame today, it was very popular at the time and throughout the Second World War.
The name seems to be taken from the famous 14th Century Italian mercenary company, led by John Hawkwood.
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[edit] Theme
The novel tells the many adventures of Alleyne Edricson and The White Company.
[edit] Main characters
- Alleyne Edricson
- Sir Nigel Loring
- Samkin Aylward
- Hordle John
[edit] Other characters
- Abbot Berghersh
- Sir Oliver Buttesthorn
- Simon Edricson, Socman of Minstead
- Walter Ford, esquire
- Goodwin Hawtayne
- Sir Claude Latour
- Lady Mary Loring
- Maude Loring
- Black Simon of Norwich
- Peter Terlake, esquire
- John Tranter
[edit] Historical figures who appear as characters in the novel
- James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley
- Bernard Brocas
- Hugh Calvely
- Henry II of Castile
- Pedro of Castile
- John Chandos
- Olivier de Clisson
- Edward III of England
- Thomas Felton
- William Felton
- John of Gaunt
- Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch
- Bertrand du Guesclin
- Robert Knolles
- James IV of Majorca
- Charles II of Navarre
- Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
[edit] Trivia
- Amory Blaine, the protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise reads The White Company early in the book.
