The latest episode in Stephen Clarke's almost-true account of his adventures as an expat in France is just as winning as the first. This "anti-Mayle" will have readers chortling over their croissants and cafe au lait while Paul West struggles to solve the mysteries inherent in life in France. What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Is it really polite to sleep with your boss's mistress? And why are there no public health warnings on French nude beaches? Paul discovers how to judge a French vacationer by the rustiness of his bicycle; opens his English tearoom; and finally...
The latest episode in Stephen Clarke's almost-true account of his adventures as an expat in France is just as winning as the first. This "anti-Mayl...
The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of "1000 Years of Annoying the French" and "A Year in the Merde." Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France. He had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans and can-can dancers. He spoke French more elegantly than English. He was the first ever guest to climb the Eiffel Tower with Gustave Eiffel, in defiance of an official English ban on his visit. He turned his French seduction skills into the diplomatic...
The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of "1000 Years of Annoying the French" and "A Year in th...
This book is a collection of captioned cartoons about life's ups, downs and sideways curves. It is the author's take on the absurdity, frustration, injustice and serendipity of living and working today.
This book is a collection of captioned cartoons about life's ups, downs and sideways curves. It is the author's take on the absurdity, frustration, in...
