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1000 Years of Annoying the French (Paperback)
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1000 Years of Annoying the French (Paperback)

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Published: 07/05/2015
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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 ...

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 Ltd
ISBN: 9780552779937
Number of pages: 768
Weight: 514 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 34 mm
Edition: Revised edition

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 *

Before becoming an author, Clarke wrote radio comedy sketches and stories for US cartoonist Gilbert Shelton. With A 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 several Merde books, all starring Paul West, an Englishman surviving in France.

Clarke has also written non-fiction, including 1000 Years of Annoying the French, a bestselling look at the history between Great Britain and France, and Paris Revealed, a book detailing the hidden secrets of Paris that Clarke has learned from ten-plus years living there.

Visit the Stephen Clarke author page

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“Appalling”

I can’t understand how a book like this can still be written in the XXIst century.
When I started reading it I was pleased to find so many historical details in each chapter, many of which I was unfamiliar with. I was... More

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“1000 years of annoying the French”

I found the book to be well researched and well written. It was very informative and differed only slightly from other 'historical' works that I have read. However, it was written in such way that I was... More

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“Superb book!”

This is a book about history of which I am not a fan or knowledgeable. However this book brought the whole story of the French and English to light in a very entertaining and readable style. I assume it is reasonably... More

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