Author(s): Clarke, Stephen,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 07/05/2015,
Pagination: 768 pages, Line,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Black Swan,
Published By: Transworld Publishers Ltd,
Book Classification: France
Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 35mm
Weight: 528g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780552779937

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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...