1000 Years of Annoying the French

<p>Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?<br /><em><strong>Non!</strong></em> William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.<br /><br />Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?<br /><em><strong>Non!</strong></em> The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.<br /><br />Was the guillotine a French invention?<br /><em><strong>Non!</strong></em> It was invented in Yorkshire.<br /><br />Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has <em>really </em>been going on since 1066 ...<br /><br />From the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.<br /><br />In 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...</p>