{"product_id":"9780552779937-1000-years-of-annoying-neb","title":"1000 Years of Annoying the French","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWas the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. This title features new annoyances inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's banned chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, and, French niggles about William and Kate's royal wedding.\u003cbr\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31523256959073,"sku":"9780552779937","price":10.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28988345.jpg?v=1723109006","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780552779937-1000-years-of-annoying-neb","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}