<p>Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years&#39; War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356, by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and written in 1906. It is the background story to Doyle&#39;s earlier novel The White Company, and describes the early life of that book&#39;s hero Nigel Loring, a knight in the service of King Edward III in the first phase of the Hundred Years&#39; War. The character is loosely based on the historical knight Neil Loring.</p>