Download or read book The Hartlepool Monkey written by Wilfrid Lupano and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Crofter s Tale written by Gareth Mcartur and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been much written and spoken about the legend of The Hartlepool Monkey. Legend has it that one stormy night, a french cargo ship was stranded just off the Hartlepool headland. Such was the ferocity of the storm that the ship quickly broke up and sank, killing all souls on board. All that is except one. Locals looking for survivors came across a monkey, dressed in miniature French sailor uniform. It was alive. Because of the ongoing battle with Napoleon's forces, the locals (Crofters) interrogated the beast. Unable to understand it's responses they quickly assumed the beast to be a French spy. He was immediately tried and sentenced to death. But was it a monkey? or was it a 'monkey' - the term given to young boys whose duties on board an eighteenth century sailing vessel included loading gunpowder weaponry and shinning up the mast to the crow's nest to act as lookout? Either way, whatever it was, the good people of Hartlepool in the North East of England, saw fit to hang it for being a French spy. This book looks to tell the real story behind the legend and reveals for the first time how the 'monkey' came to be washed up on the shores of the Hartlepool headland and the sinister purpose behind his desperate, but futile, fight for survival.
Download or read book A History of Hartlepool written by Sir Cuthbert Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hartlepool History Tour written by Paul Chrystal and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of the historic town of Hartlepool, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.
Download or read book History of Hartlepool written by Sir Cuthbert Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Hartlepool written by Sir Cuthbert Sharp and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The history of Hartlepool with a list of all the principal tradesmen notes of all the public buildings c written by Hartlepool and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall written by Paul Torday and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed's family for generations - but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice? 'A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a vanishing way of life' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Gloriously enjoyable' DAILY MAIL 'Excellent' METRO Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years, but with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. On his return, he discovers that his father has left him, along with the house, a seven million pound tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that, but there is a strange woman in residence - Lady Alice - who seems to have made herself very much at home. With the debts mounting, it seems that Ed's only recourse is to turn to his friend Annabel's new boyfriend, a property developer who plans to turn Hartlepool Hall into luxury flats and a golf course. But can Ed save his inheritance without such a drastic move? And is Lady Alice really the person she claims to be?
Download or read book History of Hartlepool with a Supplemental History to 1851 written by Sir Cuthbert Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Born to Fight The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley written by Richy Horsley and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I took some good shots from him and then I opened up my arsenal and we traded toe to toe. I had a burning desire in me to win and started to get him on the back foot, when I put him down with my right hand. He got up and took the count and the ref waved us to continue. I went after him like a predator, and was all over him, lefts and rights smashing into his head. The crowd loved it...To the unsuspecting, Richy Horsley could just be an unassuming thirty-something character. Yet in reality, Crazy Horse, as he is better known, is part of the underbelly of the hardman scene. Boxer, street fighter and bouncer, there are few men tougher. So tough is he that he has even accepted a challenge from Britain's most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson, to be his first boxing opponent on Bronson's eventual release.Richy did not become one of the staunchest fighters in the land without his fair share of turmoil. Having lost his father at an early age, he channelled his anger through his fists as he became embroiled in run-ins with the law. It was boxing that saw him turn his rage into something more positive and his anger was used on his opponents in the ring.A true warrior in heart and mind, Richy's name is one to be feared and respected. His story shows that even in the face of overwhelming odds, it is possible to become a real champion.
Download or read book Hartlepool Through the Ages written by Paul Chrystal and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hartlepool has changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book August Moon written by Diana Thung and published by Top Shelf Productions. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dream of a book. August Moon hums with menace and wonder, like the coolest childhood you never had. Diana Thung's work is beautiful in all the right ways, for all the right reasons." -- Junot DÍaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This Is How You Lose Her "August Moon did the thing I always hope a book will do: It took me someplace I hadn't been before."-- Hope Larson, author of Mercury and A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel The townspeople of Calico believe in family. In fact, some say that the souls of dead ancestors watch over this town, and on a clear night, you can see their "Soul Fires"dancing through the sky. But when young Fiona Gan comes to town with her father, she finds that the Soul Fires are just the beginning of Calico's mysteries. Strange graffiti appears all over town, a huge rabbit-like creature is found in an alley, and a peculiar street boy named Jaden claims to come from the moon. Now time may be running out, because Fi and her dad are not the only newcomers to Calico. As the Soul Fire festival approaches and a creepy corporation starts to bulldoze the nearby forests, she finds herself drawn into Jaden's battle for the soul of a community. Diana Thung's debut Top Shelf graphic novel is a true adventure, rooted in the diverse local traditions of Asia and the films of Hayao Miyazaki, with a modern sensibility and a hint of magic.
Download or read book A history of Hartlepool Re pr with a suppl history to 1851 inclusive written by sir Cuthbert Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hartlepool The Postcard Collection written by Stan Laundon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Hartlepool in all its glory.
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Download or read book History of Hartlepool by the late Sir Cuthbert Sharpe being a reprint of the original work published in 1816 with a supplemental history to 1851 inclusive written by Sir Cuthbert SHARP and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
