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 …
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Tremendously entertaining ... will surely shift more copies than all of this years bookish Gallic chronicles combined. --Sunday Times
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
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
Relentlessly and energetically rude about almost every aspect of French history and culture. --Mail on Sunday
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Ten centuries of French historical 'facts' bit the dust in Stephen Clarke's Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Bianconero
Format:Kindle Edition
This book is hilarious. If anybody thought that history was boring, they should read this. The author does actually like France and it is written tongue in cheek, but you can see where he is coming from. Like how the French blame the Brits for the death of Joan of Arc, when it was the French who ensured her downfall etc. I got the kindle version and loved it. This has prompted me to get more of the authors books. It really is laugh oyt lod funny in places, but it historically correct and informative. How about this? If you are a history teacher, give 'em this to try. It will get them interested. Au Revoir !
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By Iain S. Palin
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Format:Paperback
That great French icon the Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte once defined history as "a series of lies on which we agree" but is clear from reading this book that while there are plenty of lies told in the history of Anglo-French relations, there is little agreement between them.
Do not be fooled by the journalistic approach, chatty style, and episodes of facetiousness, this is a history book and a good one. It's a comprehensive account of where English (and sometimes Scottish, and later British) and French national histories meet, interact, overlap, or collide. It is well-researched and packed with information while being very readable - I found it a real page-turner, and as someone who reads a lot of history I can say that that's not always the case in this field! For those schooled on the "agreed lies" of history - and there are a lot of them in this area, where national pride plays such a part - it will be an eye-opener.
I wonder what sort of reviews it's getting on the French Amazon site.
Do not be fooled by the journalistic approach, chatty style, and episodes of facetiousness, this is a history book and a good one. It's a comprehensive account of where English (and sometimes Scottish, and later British) and French national histories meet, interact, overlap, or collide. It is well-researched and packed with information while being very readable - I found it a real page-turner, and as someone who reads a lot of history I can say that that's not always the case in this field! For those schooled on the "agreed lies" of history - and there are a lot of them in this area, where national pride plays such a part - it will be an eye-opener.
I wonder what sort of reviews it's getting on the French Amazon site.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By white rabbit
Format:Hardcover
A great book with lots of interesting information and clarifies a lot of the history between our two countries. Explains why we have always been (sometimes friendly) enemies with humour and plenty of historical detail. For lovers of France and the French way of life.
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I lack the grammatical skills and vocabulary to do justice to this magnificent work.
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Published 10 days ago by Donald McPhee
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th real truth!
... there can't be a more entertaining, pick it up and read a bit, book around. Friends have wept over it!
Published 13 days ago by TATTY T
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Ready really Amusing Read
I borrowed this book from teh Library and really enjoyed reading it and brought a copy as I found my self dipping into it often . It an interesting view of history
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Buy it.
History as it should be presented amusing, informative and a joy to read. I new nothing at all about Arcadia and the tragedy of the
people who settled there. Read more
people who settled there. Read more
Published 1 month ago by j e waite
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Anti French-I do like.
This is a fantastic jokey book. Lots of accurate history, setting a lot of misconceptions right and generally giving it to the Fr4ench.
Published 1 month ago by nyamandhlovu
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1000 years of annoying the french
I know our history and this book is well written with wry humour. I also know the French well having lived with them and any chance to annoy them is great, After all there is a lot... Read more
Published 1 month ago by john
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It seems whatever we do, we can't please the French.
Stephen Clarke looks back at Anglo-French entanglements, in an attempt to get at the real truth surrounding our shared history. Read more
Published 1 month ago by G J FIELD
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Dont recommend
Too "light" for my taste - when a simple fact would "explain un event the author chooses to just pass over. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ozzie
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I wondered why they raised my gall
I thought there was a deep rooted reason for the dislike of the French. School lessons and historical books since have only scratched the surface. This tome make sense of it all. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Phil
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Slightly disappointed
I was hoping for more laughs out of this book to be honest. Its very interesting history wise, but quite hard going. Read more
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