{"product_id":"9780552779937","title":"1000 Years of Annoying the French","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Clarke, Stephen \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFrance\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2015 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 768 pages, Line\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 35 | 526g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the guillotine a French invention?Non! It was invented in Yorkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn short, the French are quite right to suspect that the last 1,000 years have been one long British campaign to infuriate them.  And it's not over yet...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491385000322,"sku":"9780552779937","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780552779937.jpg?v=1753745738","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780552779937","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}