Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe
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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
- ^ Adamson p.222
 
Bibliography
- Lynda G. Adamson. World Historical Fiction. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.
 
 
