How England held the Lists at Bordeaux

The White Company

by Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE (1859 - 1930)

Set during the Hundred Years' War with France, The White Company tells the story of a young Saxon man who is learning what it is to be a knight. Raised by Cistercian Monks and rejected by a violent elder brother, Alleyn Edricson takes service with one of the foremost knights in the country. When Alleyn falls in love with the knight's daughter, he must prove himself to be a courageous and honourable knight before he can win her hand. Alleyn and his friends set forth with the other men-at-arms to join Prince Edward in Bordeaux, from where they will take part in the Prince's campaign into Spain. It is in Spain that Alleyn and others must prove themselves to be very valiant and hardy cavaliers. (Summary by Clive Catterall)

Listen next episodes of The White Company:
How a Champion came forth from the East , How Five Men held the Keep of Villefranche , How Roger Club-foot was Passed into Paradise , How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle , How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from his Eye , How Sir Nigel wrote to Twynham Castle , How the Army made the Passage of Roncesvalles , How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine , How the Brushwood Men came to the Chateau of Villefranche , How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna , How the Company took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree , How the Comrades came over the Marches of France , How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure , How the White Company came to be Disbanded , Of the Home-coming to Hampshire