Was the Battle of Hastings a French victoryNon! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of ArcNon! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.Was the guillotine a French inventionNon! 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...
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552779937Number of pages: 768Weight: 515 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 33 mm
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Tremendously entertainingRelentlessly and energetically rude about almost every aspect of French history and cultureAnyone who's ever encountered a snooty Parisian waiter or found themselves driving on the Boulevard Peripherique during August will enjoy this book
Stephen Clarke
Before becoming an author,Clarke wrote radio comedy sketches and stories for US cartoonistGilbert Shelton. WithA Year in the Merde,Clarke is arguably one of the earliest self-publishing success stories-it was discovered by French newspapers and garnered enough interest that he could sell the novel to international publishers. It has since been published in over 20 languages. He has now written severalMerdebooks,all starring Paul West,an Englishman surviving in France.
Clarke has also written non-fiction,including1000 Years of Annoyingthe French,a bestselling look at the history between Great Britain and France,andParis Revealed,a book detailing the hidden secrets of Paris that Clarke has learned from ten-plus years living there.
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