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1000 Years of Annoying the French

Stephen Clarke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:7th May '15

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An entirely new edition containing substantial, fresh material and up-dates to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in June 2015

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. This title features new annoyances inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's banned chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, and, French niggles about William and Kate's royal wedding.

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?
Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.

Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?
Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.

Was the guillotine a French invention?
Non! It was invented in Yorkshire.

Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 ...

From the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.

In short, the French are quite right to suspect that the last 1,000 years have been one long British campaign to infuriate them. And it's not over yet...

Tremendously entertaining * The Sunday Times *
Relentlessly and energetically rude about almost every aspect of French history and culture * Mail on Sunday *
Anyone who's ever encountered a snooty Parisian waiter or found themselves driving on the Boulevard Peripherique during August will enjoy this book * Daily Mail *

ISBN: 9780552779937

Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 34mm

Weight: 514g

768 pages

Revised edition