1000 Years of Annoying the French Stephen Clarke

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1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

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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. In this book, ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust.

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

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...

1000 Years of Annoying the French Reviews

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

About Stephen Clarke

Stephen Clarke lives in Paris. His first novel, A Year in the Merde, became a word-of-mouth hit in 2004, and is now published all over the world. Since then he has published three more bestselling Merde novels, as well as Talk to the Snail, an indispensable guide to understanding the French. Research for Stephen's novels has taken him all over France and America. For 1000 Years of Annoying the French, he has also been breathing the chill air of ruined castles and deserted battlefields, leafing through dusty chronicles, brushing up the medieval French he studied at university and generally losing himself in the mists of history. He has now returned to present-day Paris, and is doing his best to live the entente cordiale.

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GOR002517668

ISBN 13

9780552775748

ISBN 10

0552775746

Title

1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

Author

Stephen Clarke

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Year published

20110120

Number of pages

688

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