The White Company is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years’ War, with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. The storey takes place in 1366 and 1367 in England, France, and Spain, against the backdrop of Edward, the Black Prince’s quest to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. The book’s conclusion takes place before the Battle of Nájera. The title’s “White Company” is a free company of archers led by one of the protagonists. The name is based on a real-life Italian mercenary corps led by John Hawkwood in the 14th century. Alleyne, son of Edric, departs the Catholic abbey where he was nurtured when he is twenty years old
