1000 Years of Annoying the French

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 hasreally been going on since 1066 ...

Book information

ISBN: 9780552775755
Publisher: Transworld
Imprint: Black Swan
Pub date:
Number of pages: 688
Weight: 370g
Height: 177mm
Width: 110mm
Spine width: 38mm