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The White Company

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The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set during the Hundred Years War, the protagonist of The White Company is a cloister-raised young nobleman who discovers that his father's will stipulated he travelled for a year before taking his vows. Setting off on his adventures, he finds himself part of the White Company - a group of mercenary archers en route to France.The horror of fighting awaits him - but so does the promise of valour. This is a lively and action-packed account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers, realistic and incredibly atmospheric in its depictions of medieval life, with a satisfying and compelling combination of breathless adventure and romantic chivalry.

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

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