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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· 6 days agoIt is common knowledge that at “Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender.” And the fact that the ABBA song...
Scottish archaeologist among those to discover rare Napoleonic remains
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoA Scottish archaeologist was part of a team which has uncovered rare skeletons at the Waterloo...
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...
Mamma Mia! Sky eatery deafens Waterloo visitors with ABBA, dance music
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn estimated 20,000 men perished on June 18, 1815, on the plains of Waterloo, Belgium, the site of...
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...
‘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...
From the Archive: Paris by Pontiac Trans Am
Car and Driver via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom the Archive: Paris By Pontiac Trans AmCar and Driver From the January 1979 issue of Car and Driver. It was [then–associate editor Mike] Knepper's...
Napoleon's long and costly invasion of Russia was one of the deadliest military operations in...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn etching of Napoleon Bonaparte and his army retreating from Russia after a failed invasion.Hulton...
I asked the Antiques Roadshow expert how much my airforce treasure was worth – I was in for a shock
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMark Smith is wearing a very RAF officer-looking burgundy silk cravat and Barbour jacket when we...
The life of 'Napoleon' production designer: Build beautiful sets and then torch them
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe French conqueror never invaded Great Britain; the makers of "Napoleon" never shot in France. Production designer Arthur Max was there to reconcile those opposing forces.