| Blackstone | |
| Author: | Derek Lambert |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edmund Blackstone |
| Genre: | Historical thriller |
| Publisher: | Methuen Publishing |
| Release Date: | 1972 |
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| 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.