1000 Years of Annoying the French
Book Details
Author(s)
Clarke, Stephen
Publisher
Penguin
ISBN / ASIN
0552775746
ISBN-13
9780552775748
Availability
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Sales Rank
#117
Category
Paperback
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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...
