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“Rest assured, she [Gertrude Bell] told Jafar al-Askari, soon to be appointed Prime Minister of the new country of Iraq, that complete independence is what we [the British] ultimately wish to give.’ ‘My lady,’ he replied, ‘complete independence is never given—always taken.’”
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Gabrielle
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Now that I’ve reached the history of the 13th century, it’s easy to see where George RR Martin got a lot of his inspiration from. How did I not realize the Dothraki are literally just Mongols? 😂
— Jul 01, 2026 04:00AM
Gabrielle
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I love that it took me 150 pages to realize every chapter is called “road to” or “road of” 😂 how did I not notice this sooner?
— Jun 23, 2026 09:11AM