“As a narrative pure and simple, Sir Nigel deserves unstinted praise.” Beverly Stark.
+ + Bookm. 24: 279. N. ’06. 610w. + + Ind. 61: 1498. D. 20, ’06. 140w.
“Excellent as the story is in general, it is not flawless—what story is? The author is not immune from the besetting sin of the Celtic temperament—exaggeration.”
+ + – Lit. D. 33: 555. O. 20, ’06. 270w.
“Nor does Sir Arthur ever quite fall between the two stools of explanation and action. It is only that the constant jumping from one to the other is not always deftly executed. But that is our only criticism. The spirit of the fourteenth century is well interpreted.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 386. D. 16, ’06. 480w.
“As a picture of the times, the book is successful, though the story does not seem so gripping as ‘The white company.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 631. O. 6, ’06. 320w.
“The novel is not only a spirited story, but a very carefully drawn picture of the age of chivalry, bringing out both the heroism and the brutality of that period and interpreting its spirit in its activities, ideals, dress, and social organization.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 710. N. 24, ’06. 170w.