How the Black Sheep came Forth from the Fold -- How Alleyne Edicson came Out into the World -- How Hordle John cozened the Fuller of Lymington -- How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men -- How a Strange Company Gathered at the "Pied Merlin" -- How Samkin Aylward Wagered his Feather-bed -- How the Three Comrades Journeyed through the Woodlands -- The Three Friends -- How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood -- How Hordle John Found a Man whom he Might Follow -- How a Young Shepherd had a Perilous Flock -- How Alleyne Learned More Than he Could Teach -- How the White Company set Forth to the Wars -- How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture -- How the Yellow Cog sailed Forth from Lepe -- How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys -- How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde -- How Sir Nigel Loring put a Patch upon his Eye -- How there was a Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's -- How Alleyne Won his Place in an Honorable Guild -- How Agostino Pisano Risked his Head -- How the Bowmen held Wassail at the "Rose de Guienne" -- How England held the Lists at Bordeaux -- How a Champion came Forth from the East -- How Sir Nigel wrote to Twynham Castle -- How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure -- How Roger Club-foot was Passed into Paradise -- How the Comrades came over the Marches of France -- How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine -- How the Brushwood Men came to the Chateau of Villefranche -- How Five Men held the Keep of Villefranche -- How the Company took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree -- How the Army made the Passage of Roncesvalles -- How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna -- How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle -- How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from his Eye -- How the White Company came to be Disbanded -- Of the Home-coming to Hampshire.
Summary:
The White Company, published in 1891, is a historical adventure by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince, to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. The climax of the book occurs before the Battle of Najera.
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