The second half of the 14th century. England and France are exhausting their strength in the bloody battles of the Hundred Years’ War. But even in these dreadful times, people are born whose nobility and courage can only be envied. One of them is Sir Nigel Loring, whose motto is “Do what you must, come what may. That is the commandment of a knight.”
Despite the fact that we are dealing with a dilogy, The White Company appeared first, and only afterwards Sir Nigel. This fact is very curious, since it is precisely Sir Nigel that sparkles with boyish delight before every battle and knightly duel. And The White Company is written in a different tone. At times one can hear a light irony here, and behind the hero rises the immortal image of Don Quixote.
A. Conan Doyle loved the Sir Nigel he invented far more than his most famous literary child, Sherlock Holmes.