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The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle

The White Company

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Original author: Arthur Conan Doyle

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"The White Company" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical adventure novel published in 1891. Set during the Hundred Years' War in 1366-1367, it follows young Alleyne as he leaves his sheltered abbey life to discover the world. Joining a band of English archers called the White Company, he becomes squire to the valiant Sir Nigel Loring and falls in love with his daughter Maude. Their journey takes them through England, France, and Spain in a campaign to restore a king, leading to battles, captures, and tests of courage.

The White Company, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #903.

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38 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: How the Black Sheep Came Forth From the Fold3,286 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: How Alleyne Edricson Came Out Into the World1,978 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington2,161 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men4,640 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: How a Strange Company Gathered at the “pied Merlin.”4,713 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Feather-Bed4,487 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: How the Three Comrades Journeyed Through the Woodlands4,234 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Three Friends3,744 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood6,933 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow7,225 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock5,140 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach3,710 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars2,679 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture4,113 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth From Lepe4,767 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys2,953 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde2,915 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye3,906 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's4,266 words
  1. 20.Chapter XX: How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild3,459 words
  2. 21.Chapter XXI: How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head3,665 words
  3. 22.Chapter XXII: How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the “rose De Guienne.”2,581 words
  4. 23.Chapter XXIII: HOW ENGLAND HELD THE LISTS AT BORDEAUX. So used were the3,682 words
  5. 24.Chapter XXIV: How a Champion Came Forth From the East3,459 words
  6. 25.Chapter XXV: How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle2,245 words
  7. 26.Chapter XXVI: How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure5,078 words
  8. 27.Chapter XXVII: How Roger Club-Foot Was Passed Into Paradise3,526 words
  9. 28.Chapter XXVIII: How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France4,614 words
  10. 29.Chapter XXIX: How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine4,040 words
  11. 30.Chapter XXX: How the Brushwood Men Came to the Chateau of Villefranche3,250 words
  12. 31.Chapter XXXI: How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche3,733 words
  13. 32.Chapter XXXII: How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree2,775 words
  14. 33.Chapter XXXIII: How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles3,011 words
  15. 34.Chapter XXXIV: How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna3,732 words
  16. 35.Chapter XXXV: How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle4,951 words
  17. 36.Chapter XXXVI: How Sir Nigel Took the Patch From His Eye5,211 words
  18. 37.Chapter XXXVII: How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded3,429 words
  19. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: Of the Home-Coming to Hampshire3,452 words