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HOW
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Author: Stephen
Publisher: Arrow
HOW BAD WEATHER, IN
AND EVEN GOD HIMSE
HIS FINEST HOUR
Stephen Clarke has ca
in the i eld of hurling g
the French, and he’s i
offering. Following joy
1000 Years Of Annoyin
book looks at the stat
that has enveloped Fr
in June 1815 when Na
bid for glory came bad
Trying to i nd glory
new, of course. The 3
immortalised despite
rate of 100 per cent, w
immune, revelling in th
of little ships crossin
focusing on the inconv
were heading for Dunk
But Clarke suggests
with the French and W
of evidence to back up
perhaps be fairer to s
lengthy list of excuses
rather than an actual b
won, but that wouldn’t
title. It’s churlish to qu
Clarke’s easy style con
and frequently reveals
Napoleon’s ‘cannonba
Clarke’s dismissal of F
the unfairness of the b
The French (like Ge
battle itself) will no do
but, once more, they
“THIS PUNCHY BOOK LOOKS AT
THE STATE OF INSTITUTIONAL
DENIAL THAT HAS ENVELOPED
FRANCE SINCE THE FATEFUL DAY
IN JUNE 1815”
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