The Hartlepool Monkey

By Sean Longley

Subjects: Monkeys, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Fiction, historical, general, Physicians, fiction, Fiction, Trials (Espionage), History, Paris (france), fiction

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.