Prázdny
0,00 €
 
-2 %
How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did

How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did

Dátum vydania: 28.07.2015
Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe ...
Bežná cena knihy: 18,75 €
Naša cena knihy: 18,38 €
Ušetríte: 2 %
Zasielame: Vypredané
Detaily o knihe
Počet strán: 304
Rozmer: 153x234x22 mm
Hmotnosť: 415 g
Jazyk: Anglicky
EAN: 9781780893761
Rok vydania: 2015
Žáner: Angličtina - beletrie
Typ: Paperback
Zákazníci, ktorí si kúpili túto knihu, si kúpili aj...
Včely zdravé a nemocné
Titěra Dalibor
24,64 €
Foundation and Empire
Asimov Isaac
14,79 €
Květiny v zahradě
D.G. Hessayon
0,00 €
Zpráva pro Adolfa 2
Tezuka Osamu
47,80 €
Evita magazín 01/2022
autor neuvedený
2,69 €
KAM na Šumavě
Eva Obůrková
13,58 €
Tak to je, tak to bude
Bolton S. J.
16,40 €
O knihe
Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. In essence, the French cannot bear the idea that Napoleon, their greatest-ever national hero, was in any way a loser. Especially not against the traditional enemy - les Anglais. Stephen Clarke has studied the French version of Waterloo, as told by battle veterans, novelists, historians - right up to today's politicians, and he has uncovered a story of pain, patriotism and sheer perversion...