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The White Knight is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass. He represents the chess piece of the same name. As imagined in John Tenniel 's illustrations for the Alice stories, he is inspired by Albrecht Dürer 's 1513 engraving " Knight, Death and the Devil ."
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The Quill is a game creation system for text adventures. [1] Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. [2] Although available to the general public, it was used by several games companies to create best-selling titles; over 450 commercially published titles for the ZX Spectrum were written using The Quill.
A white knight is a mythological figure and literary stock character. They are portrayed alongside a black knight as diametric opposites. A white knight usually represents a heroic warrior fighting against evil, with the role in medieval literature being represented by a knight-errant .
The Black Knight's Pawn tries to murder the White Bishop's Pawn, but his attempt is foiled by the White Queen's Pawn. She captures him and sends him to the bag, then leaves, resolved to live a single and celibate life. The White Knight and the White Duke have just finished a decadent meal at the Black court.
Batman: White Knight was written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, with color from Matt Hollingsworth and lettering by Todd Klein. [14] It was initially intended to be a seven-issue story, but was extended to eight after the release of the first issue, [ 15 ] which was published by DC on October 4, 2017, [ 16 ] while the final issue was released ...
A claim to the title of The White Knight was asserted by Lord Kingston in 1821, who was a descendant by marriage of Margaret (1602–1666), the granddaughter of Edmond Fitzgibbon, 11th White Knight, [28] but was successfully contested and refused by the crown.
Red King, White Knight is a 1989 American political thriller television film directed by Geoff Murphy and written by Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Tom Skerritt as Bill Stoner, a retired CIA operative who is sent to eastern Europe to determine the truth of a KGB plot to assassinate Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev .