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Explicitly mentioned as a book - described as 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's masterwork' and 'the book that fired your love of history' for Tom Holland. Passages from the book are read aloud at the beginning and end of the episode, depicting scenes from the Battle of Poitiers.

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The hosts read excerpts from this novel to introduce their discussion of the Hundred Years' War. They note that Conan Doyle thought his historical novels were better than the Sherlock Holmes books, and discuss how the novel captures the chivalric spirit of the period.

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Tom discusses reading this book as a child and loving it. The hosts read passages from it at the beginning of the episode, featuring characters like 'the Red Ferret' and Nigel in a medieval setting during Edward III's reign.

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Tom mentions this as a book his father read to him, featuring the character 'the red ferret' and culminating in the Battle of Poitiers. Conan Doyle considered it better than Sherlock Holmes.

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Mentioned alongside The White Company as another of Conan Doyle's novels about chivalry set in the medieval period.

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Mentioned as the sequel to The White Company, described as 'brilliant' with an account of the Black Death

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Mentioned alongside The White Company as Hundred Years' War fiction