The Hartlepool Monkey

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Hartlepool Monkey by Sean Longley, Transworld
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sean Longley ISBN: 9781407033495
Publisher: Transworld Publication: December 16, 2008
Imprint: Transworld Digital Language: English
Author: Sean Longley
ISBN: 9781407033495
Publisher: Transworld
Publication: December 16, 2008
Imprint: Transworld Digital
Language: English

When Simon Legris, a physician from Paris, returns from an expedition to Africa, he brings home a monkey that understands human speech and names him Jacques LeSinge. Utterly devoted to him, 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.

After an audacious French Revolutionary plot goes wrong, Jacques stands in the dock in Hartlepool accused of espionage. Warrens, a lowly 'one-guinea brief' barrister, stands to defend him. In the greatest challenge of his career, he mounts a defence that asks: what makes a man?

A demonically witty digest of all things eighteenth-century, this is an eccentric and hugely entertaining début.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

When Simon Legris, a physician from Paris, returns from an expedition to Africa, he brings home a monkey that understands human speech and names him Jacques LeSinge. Utterly devoted to him, 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.

After an audacious French Revolutionary plot goes wrong, Jacques stands in the dock in Hartlepool accused of espionage. Warrens, a lowly 'one-guinea brief' barrister, stands to defend him. In the greatest challenge of his career, he mounts a defence that asks: what makes a man?

A demonically witty digest of all things eighteenth-century, this is an eccentric and hugely entertaining début.

More books from Transworld

Cover of the book Pandora by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Churchill's People by Sean Longley
Cover of the book No Nettles Required by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Two For Three Farthings by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Meltdown by Sean Longley
Cover of the book The Living Well With Cancer Cookbook by Sean Longley
Cover of the book The Courtesan and the Samurai by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Sad Men by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Lydia Fielding by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Searching For Tilly by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Caligula by Sean Longley
Cover of the book The Last Concubine by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Daughters Of The Moon by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Laying The Ghost by Sean Longley
Cover of the book Defender of Rome by Sean Longley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy