#margaret macmillian

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell 2nd Edition Hardcover Book.

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Stefan Zweig, who was nineteen in 1900, has left a picture of his carefree youth. His family was prosperous and indulgent and let him do whatever he pleased at the university in Vienna. [...] In the last thing he ever wrote, The World of Yesterday, he chose to call the time of his youth before the Great War 'The Golden Age of Security'. For the middle classes in particular, their world was just like the Hapsburg monarchy, seemingly stable and permanent. Savings were secure and property was something to be passed down safely from one generation to the next. Humanity, especially European humanity, was clearly moving to a higher plane of development. Societies was not only increasingly prosperous and better organized, but their members were kinder and more rational. To Zweig's parents and their friends the past was something to be deplored while the future was increasingly bright. 'People no more believed in the possibility of barbaric relapses, such as wars between the nations of Europe, than they believed in ghosts and witches, our fathers were unfailingly convinced of the binding power of tolerance and conciliation.' (At the start of 1941 Zweig, by now in exile in Brazil, sent his manuscript to his publisher. A few weeks later he and his second wife committed suicide.)

Margaret Macmillan, The War That Ended Peace

#quote #history #culture #world war 1 #world war 2 #lyrical nihilism #margaret macmillian #the war that ended peace

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Five books that explain the world - books

Five books that explain the world – books

Every time I set out to visit a country in the NATO alliance when I was Supreme Allied Commander, I’d try to read a book that could help me understand the history, culture and zeitgeist of the place. It could be a novel by a native writer, a history or a work of historical fiction. Can you really understand France without reading Camus and Sartre? To comprehend Russia, including the mindset of…

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#authors #books #christoper buckle #daniel yergin #historical fiction #margaret macmillian #novels #phil klay #satire #scott anderson

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Five books that explain the world

Five books that explain the world

Each time I got down to go to a rustic within the NATO alliance once I was Supreme Allied Commander, I’d attempt to learn a guide that would assist me perceive the historical past, tradition and zeitgeist of the place. It might be a novel by a local author, a historical past or a piece of historic fiction. Can you actually perceive France with out studying Camus and Sartre? To understand Russia,…

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#authors #books #christoper buckle #daniel yergin #historical fiction #margaret macmillian #novels #phil klay #satire #scott anderson

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Give me your meguca witches or give me death please.

HENLO!?

oh heck lemmie get the list 1 sec

Clara Blake - Vera, Skeleton/Deceitful

Dorothy Jane - Sowerberry, Morgue/Moribund

Hina Chishino - Dou Mei, Engine/Alert

Tsuki Chishino - Maria, Chassis/Sporadic

Winona Roxanne - Amygdala, Scarecrow/Vengeful

Elanore Conner - Brónach, Pinniped/Rustic

Shelby Cooper - Planchette, Occult/Uncanny

Elise Patrick - Aronnax, Brass/Innovative

Luciana Sienna - Rosa À La Mode, Gelato/Urgent

Esmee Maud - Van Der Decken, Galleon/Rapine

Jennefer Delaney - Lemna, Vocal Chord/Noisy

Riley Harper - Zeta Reticulan, Alien/Abducting

Janet Bianca - Claret, Plasma/Healthy

Austin Levin - Tharpe, Siren/Tempting

Maisie MacMillian - Nickole, Shipwreck/Vacant

Bonnibelle Thomas - Tamsen, Cupboard/Noisy

Beatrice Valentina - Cordelia, Fede Ring/Castaway

Catherine Serlin - Lenore, Firefly/Ecstatic

Daphne Dylan - Edna, Cyclone/Calamitous

Zelda Khün - Mithridates, Vial/Toxic

Robin Morales - Joaquin, Graphic Novel/Justice

Alice Bedivere - Margaret, Rose/Complaining

[The Villain] - Carabosse, Beast/Inimical

[The Detective] - Dupin, Bloodhound/Probing

Lacey Cruller - Herci, Cacao/One-upmanship

Mianbao Meihui - BonBon, Library/Engrossed

Tae-Min Myeong- Pelops, Malware/Neighborly

Loretta Kidd - Moriondo, Cafe/Fatigued

[The Comet]- Albedo, Dioptric/Inquiring

[The Mint]- Lotta, Moose/Ravaging

[The Student]- Kindergarten, School/Dim-Witted

Liwliwa Pataray- Baihu, Moon Cat/Yearning

[The Mask]- Diploë, Vessel/Manipulative

[The Archer]- Hou Yi Bamboo/Versatile

[The Artifact]- Rosetta Scarab/Restoration

[The Egg]- Pysanka Embryo/Cloistered

#My Witches #some are more in development then others but just to get the gist (jist?) of how many there are have this #please ask away at anything you wanna know on them lol

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Roots; Family Tree Prompt  Barty Crouch Jr;  Maternal Tree + Barty sr  [[ Bio ]]

From left to right;  Albert Yaxley; Maternal Grandfather, [[Deceased]]  Margaret Yaxley Maternal Grandmother Nee; MacMillian [[Alive]],   Victoria Crouch;   Mother, Nee; Yaxley [[Alive]],   Bartemius Crouch Sr;  Father [[Alive]]

In my mind, Barty’s mother was always closer to the darker side of the war, even before she gave birth to Barty.  Her father Albert, in his day was a well respected and somewhat feared wizard.  The circumstances surrounding his death have always been somewhat of a mystery.  Had he been around now, he would without question bare the mark, and proudly at that.    He died when Victoria was only nine years old, and Margaret never remarried.   The couple had been betrothed to one and other, and in her mind, she must honour that until the day they meet eachother again.  

Victoria and Barty Crouch Sr were not betrothed, however to say they loved one and other is somewhat of a stretch.  For her, it was getting a taste of the other side of the war, and deciding too late that she didn’t care for it, and for him it was a sense of freedom to start his own family.  What he wanted above all else was a son, which he got, perhaps not quite the one he wanted though.   It struck Victoria that her son was certainly similar to her in mannerisms even from a young age.  If one were to pry even slightly into Barty’s bloodline on his mothers side, it would become clear very quickly exactly where his dark streak originated.   Victoria has always seen so much of her father in Barty, which is one of the many reasons she loves him so.   She knows how dark Barty is, and she always knew, but it only made her love him more. (She sometimes attends Inner circle meetings, which Barty Crouch Sr knows nothing about, though its the only reason he survives the first war.  Victoria hasn’t loved him for a long time, she just knows Barty Sr dying would raise too much suspicion in the direction of her son.) 

In terms of Barty Crouch Sr, he was not so accepting.  He too knew where his son had gained his darkness from and hated his son for it.  Behind Victoria’s back, he placed Barty under imperio for much of his childhood, hoping that if he could control him, it would keep him from trouble.   And as far as he was concerned it worked.  Barty left Hogwarts with exceptionally good grades and now holds a position within the ministry itself.   Though, as far as their family goes, Barty Crouch Sr is the only one who doesnt see the real reason his son is working there, and it certainly isn’t to follow in his footsteps.    Barty Sr did once use Crucio on Barty in the Crouch manor, when Barty was around 10 years old, a punishment for stealing,  which Victoria walked in on, and from that day she has vowed she will always put her son before any and all things, even herself and her marriage.   That event is something that has never been discussed since, though it was the event that pushed Barty Jr over the edge and closer to what he will become. 

[[ Albert Yaxley - Marlon Brando

Margaret Yaxley - Shirley MacLaine

Victoria Crouch - Miranda Otto

Barty Crouch Sr - Greg Wise 

Barty Crouch Jr - Max Irons ]]

#morsmordre: prompts #family tree #[[I Was Not Born From Love So I love To Hate]]

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Pendleton J. Rutledge VI; Development

➜ GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Pendleton J. Rutledge VI

NICKNAME(S): Penny, James, Sixth

AGE: Forty-six. (46)

DATE OF BIRTH: August 15th, 1976.

NATIONALITY: American.

OCCUPATION: Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Energy, Inc.

RELIGION: Roman-Catholic.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual & Heteroromantic. 

➜ APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Nathan Fillion. 

HEIGHT: 6′2″.

WEIGHT: 187 lbs.

HAIR COLOUR: Black.

EYE COLOUR: Blue.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: None.

➜ BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Oak Ridge, North Carolina, United States.

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Flagler House, Huxley Estate, Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

FINANCIAL STATUS: Affluent. (Wealthy)

EDUCATION LEVEL: B.M., Yale University; M.B.M., Wharton School Of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

FATHER: Pendleton J. Rutledge V.

MOTHER: Sarah MacMillian-Rutledge.

SIBLINGS: Mary Anne Rutledge (44 yrs), Thomas H. Rutledge (41 yrs), Teresa Margaret Rutledge (40 yrs), Brian B. Rutledge (37 yrs)

SPOUSE: Princess Josephine Eugene-Rutledge.

CHILDREN: Elizabeth Helena Rutledge (20 yrs), Pendleton J. Rutledge VII (19 yrs), Henry T. L. Rutledge (18 yrs), Beatrice Eleanor Rutledge (16 yrs), Astrid Sofia Rutledge (14 yrs), Theodore A. L. Rutledge (13 yrs)

EXTENDED FAMILY: Pendleton J. IV (Grandfather; Deceased), Clara McKesson-Rutledge (Grandmother; 82 yrs), Nathaniel H. Rutledge (Great-Uncle; 85 yrs), Augusta Mildred Rutledge (Aunt; 67 yrs), Travis S. C. Rutledge (Uncle; 65 yrs), Scarlett Marie Rutledge (Aunt; 63 yrs), Franklin R. D. Rutledge (Uncle; 62 yrs)

#[ m. ] : pendleton vi #[ b. ] : pendleton vi

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Small, dignified, impeccably dressed and walking with a slight limp, Paul Cambon had a strong sense of his own importance. His career had been distinguished: France's representative to Tunisia, then ambassador to Spain and the Ottoman Empire, he had gained a reputation for being highly effective and honest, as well as stubborn and resistant to orders from those he felt were incompetent, which included most of his superiors.

Margaret Macmillan, The War That Ended Peace

#quote #history #funny #the war that ended peace #margaret macmillian

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I really do adore how MacMillan finds these quotes describing historical figures that are so evocative they sound like a character prompt from a writing exercise.

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Brutal

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Nationalism was not just about pride in ones own nation; it required an opposite to define it and fed on fear of others. All across Europe, the relations between Germany and Russia, Hungary and Romania, Austria and Serbia, or Britain and France, were colored and often poisoned by national and racial fears of the other.

Margaret Macmillan, The War That Ended Peace

#quote #history #nationalism #margaret macmillian #the war that ended peace

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So I'm 200 pages into MacMillan's history of WW1, and at this point I'd like to propose the Terrible Man Theory of History: history is driven by grand and impersonal forces, EXCEPT that 90% of that time everyone with any amount of power is completely incompetent and sometimes one fucks up a bit more than the others and completely derails things.

#history #shitposting #the war that ended peace #margaret macmillian #books

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Nietzsche, who became a professor at Basle at the remarkably young age of twenty-four, was brilliant, complicated, and sure he was right. What he was right about was difficult if not impossible to pin down, since he wrote copiously and frequently contradicted himself.

Margaret Macmillan

#quote #nietzsche #philosophy #funny #margaret macmillian #the war that ended peace

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There was something almost desperate in the stress on honor, whether for the individual or the state. It reflected fears that the material success of Europe, so evident in the new cities, the railways, or the great department stores, was leading to a coarser, more vulgar, and more selfish culture. Was there not a spiritual emptiness which organized religion seemed incapable of fulfilling? That disgust with the modern world and with what the eminent German poet Stefan George called 'the cowardly years of trash and triviality' led some individuals to welcome war as something that would cleanse society.

Margaret Macmillan, The War That Ended Peace

#quote #history #Fascism #margaret macmillian #the war that ended peace

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So I'm readimg a history of the start of ww1 and I really do earnestly believe politics would be much improved if we went back to giving everyone pulp fantasy b-movie ass nicknames

#books #the war that ended peace #margaret macmillian #shitposting #history

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The Great War still casts its shadow both physically and in our imaginations...Both my grandfathers fought in the war, one in the Middle East with the Indian Army, the other a Canadian doctor in a field hospital on the western front. My family still has the medals won then, a sword given by a grateful patient in Baghdad,  and a hand grenade we played with as children in Canada until someone realized it had probably not been disarmed.

Margaret Macmillan

#quote #funny #history #world war 1 #the war that ended peace #margaret macmillian