1000 Years of Annoying the French Stephen Clarke

Name: 1000 Years of Annoying the French By Stephen Clarke
SKU: 9780593062722
Price: 22.49 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock

1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

Reviews:

$22.99

Condition - Very Good

9 in stock

Very Good

Summary

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc? Was the guillotine a French invention? This title addresses these French historical 'facts' and looks at what has really been going on since 1066.

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

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 ...

About Stephen Clarke

Stephen Clarke lives in Paris, where he divides his time between writing and not writing. His first novel, A Year in the Merde, originally became a word-of-mouth hit in 2004, and is now published all over the world. Since then he has published three more bestselling Merde novels, as well as Talk to the Snail, an indispensable guide to understanding the French. Research for Stephen's novels has taken him all over France and America. For 1000 Years of Annoying the French, he has also been breathing the chill air of ruined castles and deserted battlefields, leafing through dusty chronicles, brushing up the medieval French he studied 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 the entente cordiale.

Additional information

Sku

GOR002029585

ISBN 13

9780593062722

ISBN 10

0593062728

Title

1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

Author

Stephen Clarke

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Year published

2010-03-18

Number of pages

560

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us