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1000 Years of Annoying the French

1000 Years of Annoying the French

by StephenClarke (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2011

    $3.39

  • Used

    Paperback 2011

    $3.39

  • Used

    Hardcover 2010

    $3.39
Synopsis

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...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 688
 Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 20 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 0552775746
ISBN 13: 9780552775748
Book Overview: Ten centuries of French historical 'facts' bit the dust in Stephen Clarke's Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller.

Media 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
Author Bio
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.