1000 Years of Annoying the French

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However this book brought the whole story of the French and English to light in a very entertaining and readable style. Though I do appreciate that some mistakes the British made during certain conflicts are at least mentioned throughout the book.

It delves into the history between the British and French and why they have been at each others throats for years. We laught at (while, in may case, loving beyond most others)their hoity-toity food and wine supping ways; they, in turn, are noted as ridiculing our stodgy, bland, unimaginative menus and beer swillinh culture. Filled with a lot of facts that I didn't really know about - although a lot of the De Gaulle stuff I did and it turns out, he was not a very likeable man of whom even a number of his own countrymen think the same. Even the French Revolution is a bit of a myth – the Bastille contained only a handful of prisoners when it was stormed, and the 1789 uprising wasn’t an attempt to make France a republic at all – the first revolutionaries wanted a “British-style” monarchy.

Like what the real Richard the Lionheart and his brother John were like, not just how they are depicted in the countless Robin Hood adaptations. This is a great introduction to anybody wanting to understand the peculiar relationship between two countries separated by a 30 mile stretch of water and 1000 years of colourful history. At first I thought this book was going to be a piece of fiction, not reading much about it, the title appealed to me. the French military trained British secret services in how to disable Exocets and 3) they loaned our military several aircraft to learn how to work against them. A bonus is that the humor is on point most of the times which by itself this saves the book in many cases.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. History is often looked upon as "boring" or "too-serious" and this is true in many cases, but as deep as humor has roots inside the humanity, a funny author can makes wonders. Aby nie było całkiem ponuro, Clarke meandruje nie tylko zawiłymi ścieżkami wspólnej historii Anglików i Francuzów, ale również zawzięcie trzebi, będące w powszechnym obiegu, mity i kłamstewka dotyczące francuskich dokonań na płaszczyźnie kulinarnej, muzycznej, literackiej i filmowej.

You know what, I’m going to let the book's introduction speak for itself – I think I explained it a bit more clearly there. Also, they've always been hospitable too when I've socialised with them except maybe in Marseille so I can't berate them for much.