Lord Alfred Douglas political paper "Plain English", a journal which he regarded as the 'apple of his eye'. There are six biographies of Douglas. The earlier ones by Braybrooke and Freeman were not allowed to quote from Douglas's copyright work and "De Profundis" was unpublished. Later biographies were by Rupert Croft-Cooke, H. Montgomery Hyde (who also wrote about Wilde), Douglas Murray (who describes Braybrooke's biography as "a rehash and exaggeration of Douglas's book" [his autobiography]). The most recent is "Alfred Douglas: A Poet's Life and His Finest Work" by Caspar Wintermans in 2007. In the films "Oscar Wilde" and "The Trials of Oscar
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas found in any of the sources. The heart of Bruce was taken by Moray, the regent, and solemnly interred under the high altar of Melrose Abbey. The poet and chronicler John Barbour provides us with a pen portrait of the "Black Douglas", among the first of its kind in Scottish history; Sir James had two children by unknown mothers: By 1333 the 'bloody heart' was incorporated in the arms of Sir James' son, William, Lord of Douglas. It subsequently appeared, sometimes with a royal crown, in every branch of the Douglas family. James Douglas, Lord of Douglas Sir James Douglas