Sir Nigel

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Sir Nigel" is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years' War. As a background story to his book "The White Company", it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war.