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Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years' War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356. [1] It was written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in serial form during 1905–06 where it was illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. [2] It was illustrated by The Kinneys and Arthur Twidle in its book ...
A statue of Sir Nigel Gresley made of bronze stands near the booking office of London King's Cross railway station. It was commissioned by the Gresley Society in memory of Sir Nigel Gresley , a locomotive designer who worked in offices at the station and whose designs included Mallard , which set the unbroken steam locomotive speed record in 1938.
English: The statue of Sir Nigel Gresley against a Flemish bond brick wall at King's Cross mainline railway stations in Camden, London, England. Mobile device view: Wikimedia (as at 2019) makes it difficult to immediately view photo groups related to this image.
In 1924 he mounted an exhibition of his father's works at the Brook Galleries in London, where they were praised by George Bernard Shaw. [6] The Doyle Diary, containing a facsimile of works from a sketchbook he created from March to July 1889 while at Montrose, [9] was published in 1978. This brought Doyle's work to wider attention and ...
The White Company is a historical adventure novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War. [1] The story is set in England, France and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward the Black Prince, to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile.
Nicolson was born on 6 August 1914. He was the elder son of authors Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and the brother of writer and politician Nigel.His godmothers were Violet Trefusis, Olive Custance and Rosamund Grosvenor.
The movie was from Sir Nigel Films, a company set up by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with the aim of exploiting Doyle's literary works in film and television. Henry Lester, managing director of Sir Nigel said "We felt that the royalties we were receiving from various media outlets bore little relation to profits.
Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), [4] styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 until November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy. Blunt was a professor of art history at the University of London , the director of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures .