Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe
Appearance
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Author | Derek Lambert |
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Language | English |
Series | Edmund Blackstone |
Genre | Historical thriller |
Publisher | Eyre Methuen (UK) Stein and Day (US) |
Publication date | 1974 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | Beau Blackstone |
Followed by | Blackstone Underground |
Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe is a 1974 historical thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert, published under the pen name Richard Falkirk.[1] It is the fourth in a series of six novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the Bow Street Runners in the pre-Victorian era. It is 1820 and George IV orders Blackstone to the island of St Helena, where the imprisoned former French Emperor Napoleon may be plotting to escape.
References
[edit]- ^ Adamson p.222
Bibliography
[edit]- Lynda G. Adamson. World Historical Fiction. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.