Sir Nigel
England, 1348. The Black Death stalks the land, and the once-proud House of Loring has been reduced to ruin, its lands seized by greedy monks, its manor house soon to be sold for debt. But Nigel Loring carries something no plague can touch: a knight's honor and a burning ambition. When a chance encounter with King Edward III grants him permission to seek his fortune in the wars with France, Nigel sees his chance to win both glory and the hand of the Lady Mary. There is only one condition. He must perform three deeds of arms great enough to prove himself worthy of her. Armed with courage, a stolen horse, and a faith in chivalry that the cynical world has nearly forgotten, Nigel rides into a warzone where every joust could be his last. Conan Doyle delivers a rousing tale of medieval adventure, where honor is measured in blood, love is worth dying for, and the code of knighthood is both beautiful and deadly. It is pure swashbuckling romance, written with the same propulsive energy that made Sherlock Holmes immortal.
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