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The White Company

Arthur Conan Doyle

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  • Book language: English
  • 361 pages

A historical adventure novel set in the Middle Ages, The White Company follows young Alleyne Edricson as he leaves the cloister and joins a band of archers led by Sir Nigel Loring on campaign through England and France. It offers vivid scenes of medieval life, comradeship, and chivalric adventure.

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THE WHITE COMPANY
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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.

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Contents

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

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