The Hartlepool Monkey
ISBN-13: 9780861662265
Author(s): Wilfrid Lupano
Subjects: FNG, FX, XA
Publisher: Knockabout
Publisher Imprint: Knockabout
Publication Date: 03-10-2013
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
£12.99
About the book
1814, off the Durham coast, near the village of Hartlepool, a war-ship in the Napoleonic fleet founders during a storm and sinks. At day-break, fishermen discover a survivor: a monkey dressed in full military regalia, the mascot. The good people of Hartlepool despise all Frenchmen, though they have never seen one in the flesh. Nor have they ever see a monkey. But this brutish, bestial castaway tallies with the impression they have of the enemy, and the ape is court-martialled. Inspired by this famous legend, this is a tragi-comic fable of war and jingoism.