The Hartlepool monkey
By: Sean Longley
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780385612531
Subjects: Monkeys; Fiction; Trials (Espionage); Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; History
Description: When Simon Legris returns from an expedition to Africa, he brings home a monkey that understands human speech and names him Jacques LeSinge. Jacques becomes his servant. While in the service of an ailing marquis, Legris receives some shattering hews - Jacques has been accused of molesting the aristocrat's wife and has been dismissed in disgrace.