Quite the diamond in the rough, this gem. Doyle wrote “The White Company“ in 1891 as a description of medieval chivalry at the time of the Hundred Years’ War. Fun fact - Doyle liked this book more than his own Holmes series, and it was very popular until the 1940s and ‘50s.
It’s a long slow burn for the first half, though still thoroughly enjoyable. The second act is everything you could wish in an adventure novel, and the final battle scene shivers and shatters in its intensity.

Read it.