The novel "The White Company" transports the reader to a distant era of the second half of the 14th century, when two of the strongest European monarchies of that time—England and France—waged a cruel war that later entered history as the Hundred Years’ War. In 1366, a lull set in during the Hundred Years’ War. The so-called "white companies" of volunteers and mercenaries that had arisen then not only continued the war on French territory, but also played a leading role in the struggle for the Spanish throne.