1000 Years of Annoying the French

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<p>Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?<br><i><b>Non!</b></i> William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.<br><br>Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?<br><i><b>Non!</b></i> The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.<br><br>Was the guillotine a French invention?<br><i><b>Non!</b></i> It was invented in Yorkshire.<br><br>Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has <i>really </i>been going on since 1066 ...<br><br>From the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.<br><br>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...</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780552779937

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 126 x 40 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publishers Ltd