SIR NIGEL

Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years' War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356. It was written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in serial form in THE STRAND Magazine in United Kingdom and by the BOSTON SUNDAY POST in the United States during 1905–06 where it was illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. The first book editions were published almost simultaneously by SMITH, ELDER, & CO in the UK and by MCCLURE PHILLIPS in the US in 1906. It was illustrated by The Kinneys and Arthur Twidle in its book editions. It is the background story to Doyle's earlier novel The White Company (1891), and describes the early life of that book's hero, Nigel Loring, a knight in the service of King Edward III in the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. The character is loosely based on the historical knight Neil Loring. A 1966 British comic was based on the novel.