TY - BOOK AU - Crockett,S.R. AU - Richards,Frank TI - The Black Douglas AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Scotland -- History -- James II, 1437-1460 -- Fiction KW - Douglas, William Douglas, Earl of, 1423?-1440 -- Fiction KW - Rais, Gilles de, 1404-1440 -- Fiction KW - France -- History -- 15th century -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Douglas_(novel); Sequel: Maid Margaret of Galloway, #76337; Release date is 2006-02-09; Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Black Douglas" by S. R. Crockett is a historical fantasy novel published in 1899. Set in fifteenth-century Scotland and France, it follows the powerful Earl of Douglas as he becomes entangled with a mysterious woman and the sinister Gilles de Retz. Blending history with supernatural elements including werewolves and dark sorcery, the story weaves romance, betrayal, and heroic rescue. This influential work notably inspired elements of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17733 ER -