Based loosely around the exploits of Sir William Gold (also known as Guglielmo Cogno, William Cook, Guglielmo Gott and Cocco Inglese, hailing from Castle Hedingham, Essex), a protégé of Sir John Hawkwood and later his constable-general in the White Company in Italy, this series begins with Gold's life as a goldsmith's apprentice in London just afte…
