Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conquerorwas Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for thedeath of Joan of Arc? Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearingtrousers. Was the guillotine a French invention? Non! It was invented inYorkshire. Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dustas
Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066...About the Author Stephen Clarke lives in Paris. His first novel, A Year inthe Merde, became a word-of-mouth hit in 2004, and is now published allover the world. Since then he has published three more bestselling Merdenovels, as well as Talk to the Snail, an indispensable guide tounderstanding the French. Research for Stephen's novels has taken him allover France and America. For 1000 Years of Annoying the French, he has alsobeen breathing the chill air of ruined castles and deserted battlefields,leafing through dusty chronicles, brushing up the medieval French hestudied 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 theentente cordiale. Autor: Stephen ClarkeRok wydania: 01/2011Ilość stron: 688Oprawa: miękkaFormat: 198 x 127 mmISBN: 9780552775748