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The White Company
章节(39)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold 0:16
- II: How Alleyne Edricson Came Out Into the World 21:36
- III: How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington 34:49
- IV: How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men 48:38
- V: How a Strange Company Gathered at the Pied Merlin 1:17:43
- VI: How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Featherbed 1:46:53
- VII: How the Three Comrades Journeyed Through the Woodlands 2:15:20
- VIII: The Three Friends 2:42:34
- IX: How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood 3:06:26
- X: How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow 3:51:59
- XI: How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock 4:38:58
- XII: How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach 5:12:12
- XIII: How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars 5:36:07
- XIV: How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture 5:53:59
- XV: How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe 6:19:23
- XVI: How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys 6:50:18
- XVII: How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde 7:09:54
- XVIII: How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye 7:28:27
- XIX: How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew’s 7:53:41
- XX: How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild 8:21:26
- XXI: How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head 8:43:47
- XXII: How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the Rose de Guienne 9:07:38
- XXIII: How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux 9:24:57
- XXIV: How a Champion Came Forth from the East 9:47:56
- XXV: How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle 10:10:27
- XXVI: How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure 10:25:14
- XXVII: How Roger Clubfoot Was Passed Into Paradise 10:57:27
- XXVIII: How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France 11:20:18
- XXIX: How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine 11:49:54
- XXX: How the Brushwood Men Came to the Château of Villefranche 12:16:21
- XXXI: How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche 12:37:29
- XXXII: How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree 13:01:30
- XXXIII: How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles 13:19:38
- XXXIV: How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna 13:38:49
- XXXV: How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle 14:03:01
- XXXVI: How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye 14:34:29
- XXXVII: How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded 15:07:33
- XXXVIII: Of the Homecoming to Hampshire 15:29:53
It is the Middle Ages, and the Hundred Years War rages on in England and France. Alleyne Edricson, the son of an English landowner, is training as a novice at an abbey. As his training draws to a close, he’s called upon to spend a year in the outside world to decide if he really wants to devote his life to prayer and contemplation.
He quickly meets Hordle John, a fellow novice expelled for misbehavior, and Aylward, a French archer traveling to meet the famous knight Sir Nigel Loring and join his band of archers, the titular White Company. The three decide to travel together, and embark on a series of action-packed adventures across England, France, and Spain.
Doyle was inspired to write about the time period after attending a lecture on the subject. He spent years researching the era, and his careful research is evident in the novel’s detail: period-correct words and names add a flavor of verisimilitude, and nearly all of the people and places in the tale really did exist—and are moreover depicted to a great degree of historical accuracy.