
That Sweet Enemy
From Blenheim and Waterloo to ''Up Yours, Delors'' and ''Hop Off You Frogs'', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry, misapprehension and suspicion. But it has also been a relationship of envy, admiration and affection.
In the nearly two centuries since the final defeat of Napoleon, France and Britain have spent much of that time as allies - an alliance that has been almost as unea...
From Blenheim and Waterloo to ''Up Yours, Delors'' and ''Hop Off You Frogs'', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry, misapprehension and suspicion. But it has also been a relationship of envy, admiration and affection.
In the nearly two centuries since the final defeat of Napoleon, France and Britain have spent much of that time as allies - an alliance that has been almost as unea...