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4 unusual facts about Sir Nigel


Joseph Clement Coll

He was known for his pen and ink story illustrations that were used to illustrate adventure stories such as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sir Nigel.

Neil Loring

The central character in two historical novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel and The White Company, is loosely based on Neil Loring.

The central character of Sir Nigel Loring in two historical novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Sir Nigel and The White Company – is loosely based on Neil Loring.

Robert Bemborough

An alternative point of view is portrayed in Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel Sir Nigel, in which Bemborough (called Richard of Bambro in the novel) is a hardy knight who accepts the combat as an honourable means to continue the fight after a truce has been declared.



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The Protector's War

In the meantime, a small group of British soldiers, led by Sir Nigel Loring, Alleyne Loring and John Hordle, formerly of the Special Air Service, are on their way to Portland, having left England by sailing ship after freeing Sir Nigel from his imprisonment that was imposed by King Charles III.