1000 Years of Annoying the French
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by Stephen Clarke
                                                                
                                    2020-05-04 12:55:50
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    1000 Years of Annoying the French
                                            
                                                            by Stephen Clarke
                                                        
                                2020-05-04 12:55:50
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                NEW UPDATED EDITION 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. ...
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                                                NEW UPDATED EDITION 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. Did the French write "God Save the Queen"? Non! But that's what they claim. Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 ... Featuring new annoyances â both historical and recent â inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's "banned" chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, French niggles about William and Kate's royal wedding, and much more ...
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