A little-remembered novel from one of the pioneers of genre fiction,
this 1891 work from the creator of Sherlock Holmes regales us with the
adventures of Alleyne Edricson, a lad raised by monks in England who
later becomes squire to a knight during the Hundred Years' War, in the
late 14th century, and member of a band of archers, the White Company.
Though all but forgotten today, this thrilling tale was hugely popular
in its day, and remains a ripping good read. Fans of adventure drama and
historical fiction will thrill to this forgotten classic from one of the
most famous writers of pulp fiction. Scottish surgeon and political
activist SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) turned his passions into
stories and novels, producing fiction and nonfiction works sometimes
controversial (The Great Boer War, 1900), sometimes fanciful (The Coming
of the Fairies, 1922), and sometimes legendary (The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes, 1892).