News

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Divorce Papers and Sauce-Stained Sleeves Reveal the Personal Side of Napoleon's Rise and Fall
A trove of objects that portray Napoleon Bonaparte at his most powerful—and his most personal—sold for a whopping total of ...
Long Island Press4d
Going Places: Setting Sail on Boat Bike Tours’ Islandhopping Tour to the Wadden Sea
This is my second trip with Boat Bike Tours, a Netherlands-based operator with decades of experience combining biking with ...
Tourists leave potatoes on Frederick the Great's grave. They're perpetuating a German myth
Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany.The legend is this: King Frederick ...
National Geographic news6d
Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows
In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for ...
U.S4d
BLACKWATER FOUNDER ERIK PRINCE INDICTED FOR ARMS SALES TO LIBYA
Now Austria has indicted Prince for alleged arms trafficking to Libya in violation of a United Nations arms embargo; at least one shipment of explosives reportedly went through Austria using an ...
archive3d
The story of Napoleon's death-mask, told from the original documents : Watson, George Leo de St. M : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Topics Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Publisher London : John Lane; New York, John Lane company Collection cdl; americana Contributor ...
Indiatimes2d
Madura Coats Ltd History - The Economic Times
Company History - Madura Coats Ltd. YEAR EVENTS 1889 - Madura Mills Co. Ltd., was incorporated at Madurai, Ambasamudram and Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu and the tyre cord factory as located at Serampore ...