The Hartlepool Monkey

by Sean Longley

BLACK SWAN

09/04/09

    

Sean Longley fleshes out the legendary story of a monkey washed ashore in military uniform and put on trial for espionage at the height of anti-French feeling during the Napoleonic Wars. This flamboyant tale, full of colourful characters and replete with authentic historical detail, is a thoroughly entertaining and accomplished debut.

Susan Osborne, Reviews Editor of Books Quarterly

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