{"product_id":"1000-years-of-annoying-the-french","title":"1000 Years of Annoying the French","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas the Battle of Hastings a French victory?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWere the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas the guillotine a French invention?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e It was invented in Yorkshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ebeen going on since 1066 ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 768 pages | Published May 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986007146845,"sku":"9780552779937","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780552779937.jpg?v=1774494857","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/1000-years-of-annoying-the-french","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}