Bernard. Robert Douglas was asking on Sept 20 about the Black Douglas. Nigel Tranter wrote an excellent novel about The Black Douglas, and Douglas himself was a major character in Tranter’s trilogy on Robert The Bruce, including mentioning the incident of taking the Bruce’s heart to the crusades – in fact the war to drive the Moors from Spain. Good reads and should be in libraries if not on Amazon. Chris P

With regard to your question about a novel featuring Sir James Douglas (the Black Douglas)Nigel Tranter’s The Bruce Trilogy: “Steps to the Empty Throne”, “Price of the King’s Peace” and “Path of the Hero King” frequently features Sir James. Tranter also wrote another novel entitled “The Black Douglas”. However, this relates to the struggle between the Black Douglas family and the Stewart monarchs during the 1400s and concludes with James II of Scotland stabbing the Earl of Douglas to death.. Again let me say that I enjoy every one of your novels and I hope that you will return to Nate Starbuck in the not too distant future. In my opinion your Starbuck novels are the best I have ever read on the American Civil War.
John Pilkington