Blackstone (novel)
Appearance
Author | Derek Lambert |
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Language | English |
Series | Edmund Blackstone |
Genre | Historical thriller |
Publisher | Methuen Publishing |
Publication date | 1972 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Followed by | Blackstone's Fancy |
Blackstone is a 1972 historical thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert, published under the pen name Richard Falkirk. It is the first in a series of novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the Bow Street Runners in the 1820s.[1] Blackstone is assigned the job of protecting the young Princess Victoria, a task he initially considers a waste of time but which soon proves to be dangerous.
References
[edit]- ^ Burton p.233
Bibliography
[edit]- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.