by Stephen Clarke · BLACK SWAN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552779937
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«1000 Years of Annoying the French» is the historical essay by Stephen Clarke, published by Black Swan in paperback (761 pages, in English).
Stephen Clarke reviews Franco-British relations since 1066 with humour, questioning celebrated historical assumptions: the Battle of Hastings, the trial of Joan of Arc or the French origin of the guillotine. The expanded edition also adds new clashes between the two countries, from Napoleon to the London Olympics.
Revised, updated and expanded edition, published in 2015. It was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK.
For readers with historical curiosity who prefer a light-hearted and critical tone towards national myths.
Stephen Clarke is a British author. He writes mainly about France. He published six novels featuring a British protagonist named Paul West.
