Hartlepool Monkey, The - Hardcover

Wilfrid Lupano; Jeremie Moreau

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0861662261 ISBN 13: 9780861662265

Publisher: Knockabout, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"It has taken more than 200 years but the French have finally returned to Hartlepool to investigate the tale of the hanged monkey." --The Northern Echo

'Animates the tall tale of patriotic Hartlepudlians in 1874 mistaking a French ship's chimpanzee mascot, dressed in naval uniform, for a Frenchman... Aptly, French duo Lupano & Moreau brilliantly play with the facts , naming the ape Nelson and linking him with evolutionary theory.' --Book of the Year for Paul Gravett

About this edition

• Publisher: Knockabout
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0861662261
• ISBN 13: 9780861662265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96