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Anna's Thinking Cap: The Battle of Waterloo and its historical and literary aftermath
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt is common knowledge that at “Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender.” And the fact that the ABBA song...
‘I have Prussians in my attic’: Surprise revelation leads to rare Battle of Waterloo discovery
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen the elderly man approached after Bernard Wilkin had given a speech on battlefield bones, it's...
Five things we learned from the first month of the Iowa girls wrestling season
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoWhat a month it was to kick off the 2023-24 Iowa high school girls season. Several high-profile...
Battle of New Orleans influenced the Battle of Waterloo
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe new Ridley Scott movie Napoleon aroused some thoughts regarding the Battle of Waterloo, so famous in history and so well depicted in the movie, despite the film’s many historical inaccuracies ...
Over 200 years after Waterloo, bones of slain soldiers remain a mystery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 200 years after Napoleon met defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the bones of soldiers...
Wrestling Mailbag: Final World Cup thoughts, freestyle wrestling, Battle of Waterloo preview, more
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe coolest wrestling story this weekend, by far, was Ukraine winning United World Wrestling's...
Bones unearthed at Waterloo two centuries after iconic battle
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA British-led archaeological dig has uncovered new human bones at the site of the Battle of Waterloo...
Lynch: Team USA finally has a reason to win the Presidents Cup it almost never loses
USA TODAY Sports - Golfweek via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoCaptaining the International team at the Presidents Cup has long been akin to leading a re-enactment...
6 thrilling reads chosen by Ken Follett
The Week via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKen Follett. Ken Follett’s historical novels have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide. His latest, "The Armor of Light," is set at the time of the...
Wrestling Mailbag: Final state tournament thoughts, Ben Kueter, Iowa's lineup, Casey Swiderski
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere are some stream-of-consciousness thoughts regarding the four-day state tournament from last...
