Sir Nigel. The White Company

Two famous historical novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sir Nigel" and "The White Company," tell the events of the mid-14th century, during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. In its battles, knights from both sides fought—a special caste of people for whom the glory of their own weapons, the honor of their beloved, and the king are above all else. Such is Sir Nigel Loring, the bravest of the brave, and his companion, the archer Samkin Aylward. The main characters and their friends experience many diverse adventures on land and at sea, in an inexorably changing world where too much begins to be decided not by honor but by ringing coin, where true blades are replaced by cannonballs and bullets.