by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Historical Novel · War and its Cost · Honour and Chivalry

Abstract

A prequel to The White Company, set at the start of the Hundred Years’ War. Young Squire Nigel Loring, of an impoverished but noble Surrey family feuding with Waverley Abbey, breaks a fierce warhorse, wins his knightly spurs, and sets out to seek chivalric adventure and honor in the service of King Edward III.

Capitoli / Chapters

Readability (prose)-110.4 Flesch ease73.1 FK grade75.9 Fog11% complex178.8 words/sent

Connections

Forms & Genres: Historical Novel, Medieval Romance Themes & Concepts: Honour, Family and Lineage, Class Conflict, Fate and Free Will, Power and Corruption, Economics, History Motifs: Horse, Journey, Great House, Swords and Weapons Historical References: Medieval England, Hundred Years’ War, Catholic Church Settings: Rural England, Continental Europe (Brussels) Archetypes: Quest Hero, Hero, Mentor Topoi: Quest, Journey of Life