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justforbooks · 5 years ago

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Sir Stirling Moss, F1 great, dies aged 90

He was content to be known, he often said, as the man who never won the world championship: a way of distinguishing him from those of lesser gifts but better luck who had actually succeeded in winning motor racing’s principal honour. But it was the manner in which Stirling Moss, who has died aged 90, effectively handed the trophy to one of his greatest rivals that established his name as a byword for sporting chivalry, as well as for speed and courage.

It was after the Portuguese Grand Prix on the street circuit at Oporto, the eighth round of the 1958 series, that Moss voluntarily appeared before the stewards to plead the case of Mike Hawthorn, threatened with disqualification from second place for apparently pushing his stalled Ferrari against the direction of the track after spinning on his final lap. Moss, who had won the race in his Vanwall, testified that his compatriot had, in fact, pushed the car on the pavement, and had thus not been on the circuit itself. Hawthorn was reinstated, along with his six championship points. Three months later, when the season ended in Casablanca, he won the title by the margin of a single point from Moss, who was never heard to express regret over his gesture.

Such sportsmanship had become part of his appeal, along with the devil-may-care charisma formerly associated with Battle of Britain fighter pilots. His public image was enhanced by his willingness to invite feature writers and TV cameras into his town house in Shepherd Market, the district of Mayfair in central London where he lived, even when married, in a kind of bachelor-pad splendour amid a panoply of hi-tech gadgets.

The aura continued to surround him long after an accident on the track truncated his career at the age of 32, when he was still in his prime. The sight of Moss, in his later decades, entering the paddock at a race meeting, accompanied by his third wife, the effervescent and indispensable Susie, never failed to draw shoals of fans, photographers and journalists keen to hear his opinion on the latest controversy.

He loved to fight against the odds, and the greatest of his Formula One victories, at the wheel of an obsolete, underpowered Lotus-Climax, came in 1961 at Monaco and the Nürburgring, two circuits that placed the highest demands on skill and nerve. Those wins could be set alongside the epic victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia and the historic triumph in the 1957 British Grand Prix at Aintree, when he and Tony Brooks became the first British drivers to win a round of the world championship series in a British car, prefacing a long period of British domination.

Before his retirement as a professional driver in 1962 he had competed in 529 races, not counting rallies, hill climbs and record attempts. He won 212 of them, an extraordinary 40% success rate. Of the 66 world championship grands prix he entered between 1951 and 1961, he won 16, a ratio unfavourably distorted by early years spent in uncompetitive British cars and by a pronounced share of mechanical misfortune.

He was born to parents who had met at Brooklands, in Surrey, the great cathedral of pre war British motor racing. His father, Alfred, was a descendant of a family of Ashkenazi Jews known, until the end of the 19th century, as Moses. A successful dentist, Alfred Moss also possessed a passion for motor sport, and competed at Brooklands in the 1920s; while studying in the US, he entered the Indianapolis 500, finishing 16th. His wife, Aileen (nee Craufurd), was the great-great-niece of “Black Bob” Craufurd, a hero of the Peninsular war in the early 19th century; an equestrian, she also entered races and rallies in her own three-wheeled Morgan.

When their son was born they were living in Thames Ditton. Two years later, after the birth of a daughter, Pat, they moved to a large house in Bray, Berkshire, called Long White Cloud. Both children rode horses competitively from an early age (Pat was to become a champion horsewoman and rally driver). Stirling, educated at Clewer Manor prep school and Haileybury, Hertfordshire, neither enjoyed nor excelled at academic work. It was at Haileybury that he was subjected to antisemitic bullying for the first time.

He was nine when his father bought him an old Austin Seven, which he drove in the fields surrounding Long White Cloud. At 15 he obtained his first driving licence and, with £50 from his equestrian winnings plus the proceeds from the sale of the Austin, bought his own Morgan. It was followed by an MG (in which he was discovered by Aileen Moss while attempting, aged 17, to surrender his virginity to one of his father’s dental receptionists) and then, in the winter of 1947-48, by a prewar BMW 328. This was the car with which he entered his first competition, organised by the Harrow Car Club, winning his class.

Resistant to the lure of dentistry, he worked briefly as a trainee waiter at various London establishments. But motor racing was where his heart lay, and for his 18th birthday his father bought him a Cooper-JAP, powered by a 500cc motorcycle engine, with which to compete in the new Formula Three series. After a couple of good performances in hill climbs, he entered and won his first single-seater race on the Brough aerodrome circuit in east Yorkshire on 7 April 1948.

Ruled out of national service by bouts of illness, including nephritis, Moss was soon a regular winner against fierce competition and before long he was making occasional trips to races in Italy and France. In May 1950, when a race was held in support of the Monaco Grand Prix, he set the best practice time, won his heat and then won the final.

As his reputation grew, he was approached in 1951 by Enzo Ferrari, who offered him a car for a Formula Two race at Bari, as the prelude to a full contract for the following season. Moss and his father made the long journey down to Puglia, only to discover that the only Ferrari was reserved for another driver, the veteran Piero Taruffi. No explanation was offered and Moss’s fury at such treatment led to a lasting rift and a special sense of satisfaction whenever he managed to beat the Italian team, particularly in a British car.

A victory in the 1954 Sebring 12-hours, sharing the wheel of an OSCA sports car with the American driver Bill Lloyd, opened the season in which he made his international breakthrough. Deciding to take the plunge into Formula One, he and his manager, Ken Gregory, first offered his services to Mercedes-Benz, then on the brink of a return to grand prix racing. When the German team politely indicated that they thought he needed more experience, Gregory and his father negotiated the purchase of a Maserati 250F, the new model from Ferrari’s local rivals.

No racing driver can have invested £5,500 more wisely. Moss and the 250F bonded instantly, and he was soon winning the Aintree 200, his maiden Formula One victory. By the time he entered the car for the German Grand Prix, he was being supported by the official Maserati team, which had recognised his world-beating potential. At Monza that September he was leading the Italian Grand Prix and looking a certainty for his first win in a round of the world championship when an oil pipe broke with 10 laps to go.

Mercedes had taken note, however, and signed him up for 1955, as No 2 to the world champion, Juan Manuel Fangio. Although neither spoke the other’s language, a warm respect grew between them. At Aintree, having won three of the season’s first four races and assured himself of a third world title, Fangio took his turn to sit in the slipstream as Moss became the first Briton to win his home grand prix.

In 1955, too, Moss won the Mille Miglia, the gruelling time trial around 1,000 miles of Italian public roads, in a Mercedes 300SLR sports car. During two reconnaissance runs his co-driver, the journalist Denis Jenkinson, prepared a set of pace notes that were inscribed on a roll of paper, held on a spindle inside a small aluminium box. As they charged from Brescia to Rome and back, Jenkinson scrolled through the notes and shouted instructions to the driver. They completed the course in 10 hours and seven minutes, at an average speed of 97.95mph – a record that stands in perpetuity, since the race was abandoned after several spectators were killed two years later.

When Mercedes bowed out of Formula One at the end of 1955, Moss returned to Maserati while Fangio went to Ferrari. Moss won at Monaco and Monza, finishing runner-up to Fangio in the championship for the second time in a row. However he had always hoped to win grands prix in a British car, and for 1957 he was happy to accept an invitation to drive a Vanwall, a Formula One car built by the industrialist Tony Vandervell at his factory in Acton, west London.

At Aintree, after a patchy start to the season, he fell out of the lead with a misfiring engine. Taking over the car of his team-mate Brooks, who was still suffering from the effects of a crash at Le Mans, he resumed in ninth place and eventually took the lead with 20 laps to go after the clutch of Jean Behra’s Maserati disintegrated and a puncture delayed Hawthorn’s Ferrari. More conclusive were the subsequent victories at Pescara and Monza, when the British car and its driver beat the Italian teams on their home ground.

After Fangio’s retirement in 1958, Moss became his undisputed heir. When Vanwall did not attend the first race of the year, in Buenos Aires, he was allowed to drive a little two-litre Cooper-Climax entered by his friend Rob Walker and, through a clever bluff involving pit stops, managed to beat the Ferraris. Back in the Vanwall, he won the Dutch, Portuguese and Moroccan grands prix, but was again condemned to second place in the final standings, this time behind Hawthorn.

Vandervell was so distressed by the death of Stuart Lewis-Evans, the team’s third driver, in Morocco at the end of the season that he withdrew his cars during the winter, leaving Moss without a drive for 1959. The solution was to form an alliance with Walker, the heir to a whisky fortune, whose Cooper-Climax would be looked after by Moss’s faithful mechanic, Alf Francis, a wartime refugee from Poland. The dark blue car suffered from unreliability until late summer, when Moss took it to victories in Portugal and Italy.

Moss and Walker remained in partnership for 1960, but a fine victory in Monaco with a new Lotus-Climax was followed at Spa by a bad crash during a practice session, the car losing a wheel at around 140mph and hitting a bank with such force that the driver suffered two broken legs, three crushed vertebrae and a broken nose. To general astonishment he was back at the wheel inside two months, winning his comeback race in a Lotus sports car.

In 1961 his virtuosity overcame the limitations of Walker’s ageing Lotus and its four-cylinder engine. Twice he outran the V6 Ferraris of Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill and Richie Ginther, first in a mad chase at Monaco and then, on a wet track, at the 14-mile Nürburgring. He was at the height of his powers and the only problem was to find cars good enough to match his brilliance.

Before the start of the 1962 season Enzo Ferrari offered to supply his latest car, to be run in Walker’s colours. Old resentments were cast aside and Moss accepted this rare invitation. But an accident at Goodwood, at the wheel of a Lotus, meant that it was never put to the test.

No conclusive evidence has ever emerged to explain why, on that Easter Monday, his car went straight on at St Mary’s, a fast right hander, and hit an earth bank. It took 40 minutes to cut his unconscious body out of the crumpled wreckage.

The outward signs of physical damage – severe facial wounds, a crushed left cheekbone, a displaced eye socket, a broken arm, a double fracture of the leg at knee and ankle, and many bad cuts – were less significant than the deep bruising to the right side of his brain, which put him in a coma for a month and left him paralysed in the left side for six months, with his survival a matter of national concern.

After lengthy treatment, convalescence and corrective surgery, he started driving on the road again. And in May 1963, a year and a week after the accident, he returned to Goodwood, lapping in a Lotus sports car for half an hour on a damp track. When he returned to the pits, it was with bad news. The old reflexes, he believed, had been dulled, and without that sharpness he could only be an ex-racing driver. In the fullness of time, he came to regret the decision. Had he postponed it a further two or three years, he felt, his recovery would have been complete and, at 35, he might have had several seasons at the top ahead of him.

Instead he occupied himself with his property company. There was also the well remunerated business of being Stirling Moss, constantly in demand for commercial and ceremonial events. He participated in races for historic cars, taking advantage of a special dispensation that allowed him, and him alone of all the world’s racing drivers, to ignore modern safety regulations by competing in his old helmet and overalls and doing without seat-belts.

He celebrated his 81st birthday by racing at the Goodwood Revival; a few months earlier he had fallen 30ft down the lift shaft at his Mayfair home, breaking both his ankles. Towards the end of 2016, however, he fell ill during a trip to the far east. After several weeks in hospital in Singapore he was flown home to London and his withdrawal from public life was announced.

Always enthusiastic in his pursuit of what, refusing to abandon the vernacular of racing drivers of the 50s, he referred to as “crumpet”, he was married three times. The first marriage, in 1957, was to Katie Molson, the heir to a Canadian brewing fortune; they separated three years later. In 1964 he married Elaine Barberino, an American public relations executive, with whom he had a daughter, Allison, in 1967, and from whom he was divorced the following year. He married Susie Paine, the daughter of an old friend, in 1980; their son, Elliot, was born later that year.

Appointed OBE in the 1959 new year’s honours list, and named BBC sports personality of the year in 1961, he was knighted in 2000.

He is survived by Susie and his children.

• Stirling Craufurd Moss, racing driver, born 17 September 1929; died 12 April 2020

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Running Scared: The Story

So Running Scared is a buddy-cop movie, right?

Well, heck, you might say. If it’s a buddy-cop movie, I may as well not read the plot description. A by-the-book cop is forced to work with a wild-card cop to catch the criminal and save the day, while learning to respect each other. The boss gets mad at them, the car gets destroyed, they’re pulled off the case, and solve it anyway, breaking procedure in the process.

Okay, so you’re not wrong about that second half. Got me there. Buddy-cop films tend to not have a whole lot of variety when it comes to cliches, but then again, the same could be said of most genres. And hey, cliches aren’t necessarily bad.

Before you write off Running Scared as just another attempt to cash in on Beverly Hills Cop, though, there are a couple of things to consider: for one thing, there’s no ‘by the book’ cop. And these two certainly aren’t being forced to work together. These guys? They’re good friends.

Let’s take a look at the setup. (Spoilers below!)

Two undercover Chicago cops, Danny Constanza (Billy Crystal) and Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines), spot two criminals they recognize: drug dealer Julio Gonzales, and one of his associates, ‘Snake’. Gonzales, recognizing the pair, drives off before the two can investigate further, but before he does so, he gives Snake a briefcase, which Snake runs off with, and I’m sure is totally legitimate.

Danny and Ray pursue Snake to his third-floor apartment, where they threaten him with a search warrant. And physical harm.

“Listen, Snake, here’s the situation: I have this gun here. Now I am going to take the gun out and I am going to shoot a lot of holes in the door. If you are standing in front of the door, what can I tell ya? Some of the holes are gonna be in you. Ya catching my drift, Snake?”

Snake lets them in.

The pair open his case, and discover what was so important in there: $50,000.

Unfortunately, possessing $50,000 isn’t evidence of wrongdoing in and of itself, and Danny and Ray can’t make an arrest. Danny, having an idea, steps outside the apartment, onto the balcony, and makes an announcement to anyone in the neighborhood:

“This block is being designated a Neighborhood Watch Area. There’s a guy up here named Snake. He’s wearing garage-sale clothes and the top of his head looks like a parakeet. He also has FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in small bills in a briefcase. As his neighbors, it is your responsibility to make sure there are no suspicious characters or evil perpetrators lurking in the area who would seek to do him harm. Again, FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in small bills, tax free, in a briefcase right in this apartment. Which has a really cheeseball lock! You can bust your way in there, bop him on the head, take the money, nobody would know! So it’s UP TO YOU. Thanks a lot, have a good day.”

Snake, realizing the tough spot he has just been put in, punches Ray in the face so they have an excuse to book him.

While the pair take Snake to the station, they discover that the money in the briefcase belonged to Julio Gonzales. After a few stops, one at a funeral for Danny’s aunt and the other at the scene of an apparent rooftop jump, the pair take the criminal in.

While at the station, Danny’s ex-wife, Anna, comes in to give him some news: she’s getting remarried to a dentist. During this discussion, a lawyer comes in with a check for $40,000 for Danny, left to him by his deceased aunt. Danny is left, presumably, with a severe case of mood whiplash, as he still clearly has feelings for Anna, and is now saddled with quite a bit of cash.

At this point, the plot decides to get going.

See, as it turns out, the ‘suicide’ from earlier wasn’t quite what it seemed. For starters, the victim was a cop, and he didn’t die as a result of the jump. He was drowned first. And seeing as it’s pretty hard to die from jumping off a building after you’ve already died from drowning, the captain of the precinct puts Danny and Ray on the case to figure out who did the police officer in.

The pair decide to use Snake to get to the bottom of it, and convince him (via withholding all but $5,000 of his $50,000) to lead them to Gonzales, planning to get enough evidence to arrest him. Snake agrees, (again, reluctantly) and leads them to the meeting place, a cargo ship. While there, they discover that Gonzales is in possession of a box of Uzi machine guns. During the meeting, Snake pretends that he is in danger, and Danny and Ray rush in, only to be surrounded by Gonzales’s men. Gonzales announces that he plans to be the next godfather of Chicago, and has one of his lackeys shoot Snake. As the guns turn on Danny and Ray, two detectives, who have been serving undercover in Gonzales’s gang, announce their identities, and after an ensuing gunfight, arrest most of the gang except Gonzales himself. After another brief chase, Danny and Ray corner and arrest Gonzales and take him in, clearly expecting to be praised.

Back at the precinct, Captain Logan chews the pair of them out for busting the undercover operation and then needing to be rescued like rookies. He also orders them to go on vacation.

So, they do.

To Key West, Florida, to be exact.

While they’re there, during their Good Times Montage, Danny decides to quit the force, and convinces Ray to retire as well, so they can open a bar in Key West with the money left to him by his aunt. Ray agrees, and after their vacation, the pair return to Chicago to deliver their 30 day notice.

They also find out that Julio Gonzales is out of prison on bail.

Enraged, the two vow to not leave the force until after they put Gonzales away for good, and set off to find him, intending to be a little more careful this time. On top of that, however, Captain Logan has given them a new assignment: training their replacements before they go, the same two undercover officers from the previous bust.

After an incident involving Gonzales getting away again (This time with Danny and Ray’s pants), the duo are left empty handed (aside from Gonzales’s impounded car, which is towed after Ray spray-paints a no-parking zone around it).

This is probably what the captain is talking about when he tells the two cops they’re ‘training’ that he better not catch them doing anything like what Ray and Danny do.

Armed with a new and improved version of the beat-up car they’ve been driving, (including updates like bulletproof windows, which unfortunately do not roll down) Ray and Danny follow a tip from a criminal to where Gonzales is expecting a shipment of cocaine. When they get there, however, there are already police officers on the scene, who discover a packet of cocaine estimated to be worth $3 million. The credit for this find goes to the two undercover cops Ray and Danny are training, and the two are further irritated by the fact that Captain Logan is already treating them like they’re retired. As the pair head off, they are stopped by a drug agent, who has examined the cocaine and determined that it’s an inferior grade, and, in all likelihood, a decoy for the real shipment.

At this news, Danny and Ray immediately head off to try to find the real shipment, and when they see Gonzales meeting with a priest and nun at customs, they assume that the drugs must be in the area. Gonzales spots them and drives off, leaving the priest and nun at the platform. Ray and Danny, driving their police car disguised as a taxi, pick the two up and take off after Gonzales, leading to a chase scene on railroad tracks. In the chase, Gonzales’s vehicle is destroyed by an oncoming train, but he manages to get away. Danny and Ray are left with the priest and nun, who they suspect of smuggling drugs inside the ceramic containers within the suitcases they carry.

At first, they appear to be wrong. At the station, when no drugs are found within the containers, Danny and Ray apologize for being mistaken and the priest and nun are released. However, the two discover that while there are no drugs within the containers, the ceramic containers themselves are made of pressed cocaine. The partners get a new lead on Gonzales’s location, and head out for a stakeout.

Par the course for this film, this doesn’t go especially well either. Gonzales has arranged a trash compactor truck to meet them there and destroy their car (with them in it) if they refuse to return his drugs for a bribe, which, of course, they do.

The pair escape through the back window in the nick of time, but they’re too late. Gonzales is gone. The next day, Ray and Danny take Gonzales’s impounded car out in search for him, and later that day, Anna comes to Danny’s apartment to give him an insurance policy she found, and the two have an argument about Danny’s immaturity.

“You can’t be a kid your whole life, you’re gonna have to grow up!”

“Why? I don’t like grown ups.”

After their heated discussion, Anna leaves the building only to be kidnapped by Gonzales’s men, used as a hostage, offering a trade: Anna for the drugs. If Danny doesn’t comply, Anna will be killed.

Lucky guy that he is, Gonzales has just hit Danny’s Berserk Button.

“If you hurt that lady, you’ll never be dead enough.”

Danny agrees to the trade, and with Ray’s help, takes the drugs from the evidence room as they prepare to take Gonzales down. The plan shakes down like this:

Danny is going to enter the meeting place, the Illinois State Building, with the drugs while Ray sneaks in through the basement. The two plan to arrest Gonzales after the trade, rescuing Anna in the process.

Considering the way their plans have been going so far, it’s not far off to bet that things go wrong, and sure enough, it doesn’t quite go according to plan.

The only way up from the basement turns out to be the window washing rig, which compounds Ray’s job quite a bit. Meanwhile, during the trade, Gonzales orders one of his underlings to open fire on Danny and Anna, both in transparent elevators right next to one another. Danny orders Anna to drop to the floor and shoots the underling as Ray enters the building, hanging from the window washing rig. At the same time, the undercover cops the pair are training enter as well, and a shootout ensues, all set against the lovely backdrop of Christmas decorations.

Danny rescues Anna, taking her to safety before returning to the action. He and Ray take out Gonzales, even though there’s some contention over who fired the fatal shot, Anna and Danny lovingly reunite, and the two cops decide that Chicago still needs them, and not to retire after all.

Thus ends Running Scared, competently wrapping up loose ends with a happy finale for all on the right side of the law (except for maybe the dentist Anna was going to marry). If I were asking if this was a ‘competent’ ending, I would have nothing more to talk about.

But I’m not.

I’m asking if it’s a good ending.

Or indeed, a good movie in general.

Let’s start with that second one, actually.

Running Scared is chock full of cliches and tropes. From the angry police chief to the car getting destroyed, it merrily tromps through its plot, checking off traditional buddy-cop story devices one by one, except for the biggie: there is no conflict between the cops themselves. They are in total agreement in everything from procedure to their personal lives. There is no ‘real’ arguing, there is no distrust or rivalry. They are very close friends.

Does one subversion make for a good movie? No, not by itself. But the way this film emphasizes that subversion really does elevate it, in my opinion, to something special.

The story? Not that original. The setting? Eh, if you wanted a good look at Chicago, you could just as easily pop in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or The Blues Brothers. The action? It’s the ‘80s. It was everywhere, and there were plenty of movies with more action than is found here.

In the case of Running Scared, the uniqueness of this film really comes from how the characters interact with the story, rather than the story itself. Specifically Danny, who the film seems to be a little more centered on, especially during that final act. Which seems kind of odd, considering the fact that on first glance, there really doesn’t seem to be that much character development for him, or anyone at all for that matter. But on a closer look, it’s a little different than that.

See, the interesting thing about Danny is that his life drives the plot. It’s his inheritance, his bar, his ex-wife that’s been kidnapped, and his immaturity that caused the split in the first place. Ray, as central and important as he is, mostly tags along and helps Danny out. When it comes to the actual story, it is Danny’s relationship with both Anna and Ray that brings everything together. It is his believable warm, easy chemistry with both characters that, in my opinion, puts this on a level comparable to, but different than, other buddy-cop films of the day.

Once again, at first it can seem like there’s no development in the movie, and after all, isn’t character development what can make or break a film?

Absolutely.

It’s not overt, but there is a subtle shift in Danny’s behavior throughout the film as he takes more and more responsibility for his actions, acting, as it were, a little more mature. While ending the film still largely a Deadpan Snarker Cowboy Cop (much like his partner), the kidnapping of Anna and her words to him before it happened change his attitude for the final act of the film. He takes the situation completely seriously, arguably for the first time in the movie, and demonstrates to Anna that he can be a grown-up, especially when it concerns people he cares about. Danny’s mildly Man-Child ways are brought up a few times in the film, about as consistently as the subplot involving his ex-wife who he clearly still cares for, his development is less about him becoming less of a wild-card cop than it is him taking responsibility and taking his job, and his life, a little more seriously. Is it pointed out? No, not really. In fact, you kinda have to squint to see it. The change is pretty subtle, and it’s a little rushed, as it takes place during the equally rushed last act of the film. For all of its good points, the movie does have a tad of a pacing problem towards the end.

However, it does make a difference. At the end of the story, the characters decide not to retire, to continue protecting the city. That wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying an ending as it is had it not been for the slight changes in the protagonist, notably Danny (whose idea it was in the first place) and his increase in maturity. Also more satisfying as a result is his reconciliation with Anna, again, not as effective if it wasn’t for the actual display of responsibility.

Back to our questions.

Is Running Scared a good movie, and does it have a good, satisfactory ending?

Very simply: Yes, to both.

Is it great? No. It’s by no means a work of art, but it’s not really supposed to be. It’s supposed to be a funny buddy-cop movie, and at that, it very much succeeds. It gives us some likable characters, a competent story, and enough chemistry and laughs to more than make up for the heap of (not inherently bad) cliches that fill the script. In some ways, it’s very much a standard buddy-cop film. In others, it’s just a little different, making for a combination that sets this film a little apart from the rest.

Thank you so much for reading! If you enjoyed it, stay tuned for more articles on some of the other facets that make up Running Scared, and don’t forget that my ask box is always open for discussion, suggestion, question, or conversation. I hope to see you in the next article.

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pairing: DracoHermionesetting: camp half-blood auwc: 4435notes: written for an anon on tumblr. Hope you will like it. also on ff.net

Draco Malfoyis the son of a stranger with great power. He is the son of justice, of balanceand of revenge.

Since he’sa baby, he’s thirsty with belonging somewhere, with earning a place, his place.

A placesomewhere else than in his manor on Cobble Hill with his mom, blond and richand craving for satin dresses and hearing her own name again and again.

HermioneGranger is the daughter of Athena (she knows it. She’s intelligent and restlessand wise and determinate and –

Most of thetime, she is just lonely but she doesn’t tell.)

The rest ishistory, you will tell but if we must be honest, we’ll tell that all there’sleft is ruins and embers.

i. I’m still alone in my mind

HermioneGranger is so proud of her dad. He’s an eminent dentist and he is so wise thatshe can barely compete with him but she tries because it’s what she does, it’swho she is. She hits a brick wall on a good challenge, on a hard enigma. No onelooks at the bruises, no one looks at the scratches that it left.

Buteveryone keeps their gazes on her big tooth and her fuzzy hair, on her bigbrain.

She’s a brainy, they tell. They don’t ever bother to whisper.Oh yes, she thinks.

She hugsher dad, every night before climbing to bed, she thanks him for the pile of bedon her nightstand even if she has some difficulties to focus. Doctors have saidit’s ADHD, nothing she cannot deal with, right? Nothing she cannot overcome?

Oh yes, but I am so much more.

She’s thedaughter of a giant (her father is tall. Like very tall.) and of a goddess (shehas looked for her in books at the public library.). Her father has told herwhen she was something like six years old. She was not scared, she was not sad,not even when it was Mother’s Day and that she was left with a card and no oneto whom give it.

She was resilientand the blood in her veins was red and gold. Older, she learnt to cursecautiously: she was a fucking miracle

Now she’sjust lost with visions at night and monsters tracking her smell and her legacyat day.

“What can Ido?” asks her dad, after work hours. He keeps his glasses on his nose and hetakes off his surgical gloves. They are green and the surgery’s lights make himlooks so pale, so thin.

She’s bravefor the both of them. If she could, she would erase his memory makes him leavemonsters and the United States and the memories of a goddess met under theshape of a pretty patient with grey eyes and a collection of pencil skirts.

But it’snot one of her talent. She thinks to ask her mom, briefly, but she’s not a girlwho asks, who begs. She is independent and she doesn’t need to rely on others.

She cannoterase his memory but she’s very good at running. So, she runs, a backpack fullwith books and toothpaste, a brush, clothes and a kitchen knife.

She doesn’tknow where but she will figure it out. She doesn’t know when but she will findout that she cannot keep up with 3 monsters attacks a day longer.

ii. where they don’t know my name

For Draco,it’s easier. He is born with a mother and a manor. He is born with warm embraceand material safety. There is a fire burning in his chest and a bitter taste inhis mouth but he ignores it.

One day, aguy comes and rings at the door. His name is Gregory Goyle and he takes moreafter a billy goat than after a boy with such bad manner. He has a strangetwitch in his knee. Disturbing.

Disturbingis not even an adequate word when he announces to Draco that he must take himto the camp Half-Blood because he is some kind of Greek demigod. This boy, inthe end, is no longer a boy but a satyr.

For Draco,it’s easier. He is born with a mother and a manor. His mother has lied to himabout his dad, saying he was a criminal spending his life in jail forcorruption and misappropriation of funds. That there was no love story but a wrong place wrong time hookup story. Hiswhole freaking life.

Acid burnshis stomach. His father is a god (her mother explains him that she needed tokeep it secret for him, for his protection. The monsters smell knowledge andpower. She doesn’t explicit which one but he has a gut and a fire burninginside of him. The god is hurt, he is fire and revenge.), he watches for thebalance on earth but there is no balance when he has spent his whole childhoodhidden behind walls of lies and marble just to keep away the monsters.

(His motheris the worst of them, he thinks. She cries. He leaves. She has packed up forhim, sweets and chocolate. A photography in glossy paper.)

On the way,Greg becomes his first friend, his first ally. He’s all crooked smile and bighugs. He has none of the sharp angles that shape Draco, and it’s okay.

There isdifferent way to survive. For some of them, it’s kindness.

It doesn’tstop the burning in his stomach or the pression in his eyes holding up thetears, it doesn’t decrease the anger, the rage, the appetite for revenge on aghost life, aching and twisting his fists and his back. But until they will beon the top of the hill, it will be enough.

They don’tknow his name yet, but they will learn.

He looks atall these people who don’t know his name or his burden. There is a chief (thereis always one) except this one is called Remus, has a tired face and brownchocolate hair stripped with gray.

He has afirm but kind voice. He talks about schedule and integration, he talks aboutfriends and about heroes but Draco Malfoy is not used to this kind ofqualifying (he’s a coward, he’s a lone wolf, he’s a villain.)

He hasnever been keen of authority except the one of his mother (when she had powerand love.)

So, hekeeps his mouth shut and his mind blank. He follows his new chief to Hermes’scabin where are the lost and the wanderer.

There is alot of people in there. Small. Nervous. A boy with black hair, messy like if hehad been in a thunderstorm, green eyes and a nerdy pair of glasses. It’s nothis kind of ally. He has a weak smile but a weaker bone structure.

There is ablack guy. Same age. The smile of a prince, the charisma of a young god andeyes dark like death. They shake hands.

“My name’sBlaise. Blaise Zabini.”

“Malfoy.Draco Malfoy.”

“What can Ido for you, Malfoy?”

“Introduceme to the good kind.”

DracoMalfoy doesn’t know how to make friends yet but he knows how do businesspartner and deals.

They leavethe overcrowded bungalow (with his old brown chipped of paint and his too manycampers and hammock and laughs and sounds and – it’s more that he can bear.) indirection of the strawberry fields.

Closing thedoor behind him, he notices a girl. Her skin is lighter than Blaise’s but hereyes are just as intense. There is a strong and powerful curiosity in her gaze.He shuts the door before she could read on his face.

“Who isshe?” he asks to his partner with his usual poker face and a whisper swallowedby the wind.

“This girl?Her name is Hermione Granger. She’s here since a month or two, I think. She washere before me. Unclaimed like us. There’s rumors about her. They say that sheran away from home, fought more monsters than most of us to come here. She’snot really a confident one, not really talkative.

“Yeah, I’vefelt it too. A question, Zabini: unclaimed? What is it?”

“It’s whenyour godly parent hasn’t claimed you yet. Once it is done, you are assigned tohis cabin and you are officially his or her son.” He answers quietly.

It remindsDraco of the birds flying dangerously around his old home. The hours spentwatching them from the window of his bedroom.

Ravens.

“Don’t youknow who he is? Your parent?”

Blaisefreezes but it’s delicate. There are just in front of the strawberry field. Thesweet smell of the juicy fruit comes to Draco and he closes his eyes. Hebreathes. He’s alive and safe and powerful and no one will take it from himbecause he is – A burst of laughter interrupts his meditation.

In thefields, two girls are sitting between the young plants. Shiny hairs, polishednails and nice dresses.

They turntheir heads to him.

Deadlyglares.

“I have myidea” affirms slowly Zabini before greeting his friends. “Malfoy, this isDaphne Greengrass and Pansy Parkinson. Hope you’ll find your place among us.”

It’s nevereasier.

It willnever be.

iii. i never have time

Finally,the gods claim their children one night. It’s all sparks and gasps andsurprises.

Good orbad.

Draco isthe son of a goddess. It makes his world collapse and break and shakes. Hiswhole body is shaking below the sign of the red balance.

He wants toscream, he wants explanation from this mother who was not his. He wants to knowwho is Narcissa Malfoy (certainly not a mom. A mask, a shadow. A liar.)

All thelies pill up on his head, threatening to bury him under their suffocatingweight.

Blaise isthe son of death, Hades like they call him. Draco doesn’t shiver like the restof them do.

HermioneGranger is the daughter of Athena, wise as hell, like a skinny freckled tallboy named Ron Weasley.

The otherboy, the one with the emerald boy and the thunder in the voice, Harry Potterthe legend, is the son of Zeus and it surprises no one.

Draco isgood with learning, memorizing. He knows hierarchy. He knows who has power downhere and who would do crazy things to earn it.

He alignshis behavior with those who could help him. He moves in Nemesis’s cabin, meet astrange boy, Theodore Nott.

“Hello,brother.”

It soundsfake, it sounds swallow.

“We’re notrelated Nott.”

“You’rewrong, kiddo. Except maybe for the blond platinum hair. We can’t at least besure that we have not the same dad.”

DracoMalfoy is secretive so it’s not like he was going to share his family tree withhis stranger came from nowhere, occupying a bed in front of his own, with aspace clearly untidy. The floor is covered up by clothes, gum papers and asword –

A sword.

Dracolearns two things about Theodore Nott: one, his not a big fan of cleaning up,two, he’s dangerous and maybe psycho.

He burieshis head in his pillow but it’s not an efficient barrier to shield him againstNott’s dark laugh.

He sleepslike a rock in spite of his new situation, not knowing who he is, what he is,nor why he is like this but –

DracoMalfoy has listened to Remus when he was describing heroes,

He wantsblood and revenge thus he needs a weapon – He sleeps but it’s never simple todream.

HermioneGranger, on the other side, is as happy as she can be about this new place shecan call home. The blood boiling in her veins, mix of red hemoglobin and goldenichor, she will own it. She has plenty of brother and sisters who likes to playchess (like this redhead with a stomach barely larger than his light. He smellslike sun and he looks like a knight.) or reads books or learns or beingferocious and vivacious and wise and –

Aftermonths of fighting and searching and struggling for a safe place, she is there.She has a clean bed, stimulating conversations, answers. No goals.

The olderones are the most complicated to deal with because they already have done everythingthat she could have thought doing. She has no use, no purpose. She is just alittle girl, head up to heroes.

She is noteven the smarter one anymore. It bugs her but, when night comes, she doesn’tcry. She is focused: she planned her next more, a step ahead in the conquest ofthis new playground.

She hearsabout prophecy and quests. Since this day, there is no second without this goalseeded in her mind. This is why she’s born. She is mean to be a hero. Asalvation.

(Here itis. Heroes are born again under the benevolent smile of the moon and the quietwhispers of gods and titans in their dreams. It’s a whistle of rage and foamingblood but they are just children training with weapons bigger than them, sothey just hear opportunities, future, and treasure. Whatever they are.)

They haveno time for each other. Draco looks at her when she is not aware, her brighteyes when she discovers more and more about Greek gods, about this language whowas like an odd gut for her until she finds the camp. She is a brilliantstrategist; her blade is as sharpened as her mind but she makes him feelssomething very wrong. Something very primal for someone who is called DracoMalfoy and has been raised in lies and marble.

It’s notlove. It’s fear.

She hascrawled in the mud, she has blown up the cage of her own childhood to becomewho she is. There are rumors about her, about how she has reached this heavenafter a journey into hell, blood splashed all over her face, and a broken arm.

She doesnot give up. Never. She has something to prove and Draco – he’s not really acurious kid, just a coward – doesn’t want to have anything to do with it.

He has aweapon now, and he surrounded by powerful and determinate people who willsupport him (to the end of the world.)

He’s justscared that she will cause him trouble. That she will try to stop him, to fighthim, to be competitive.

When helooks at her, her eyes twitching with concentration, the sides of her nosequivering when she succeeds to master a new type of weapons (she’s good withspears. It’s like a wand, like an extension of her own arm come to life.), he’safraid that she will win.

They growup and grow up like trees do. They dig their nutriments and values andresources out this godly soil. They are two vigorous trees but theirs branchesnever touch.

They haveno time, they have to reach the sky.

iv. i know you’re dying to meet me

Hermioneasks for a quest to Remus on her seventeenth birthday.

He says yesbut his face is ravaged by old scars, making creases in his textured skin. Heis so old but he is also kind. She has seen the monsters out there, he has tooand he trains heroes every day because it is the reason he has for waking upevery morning.

But he hashope. No matter the blood on their hands or the monster’s body lying out there,lifeless, he has hope.

Hermione islooking for hope in this quest.

Remus talksabout the necessity to have companions. She said yes, she’s a littledistracted, a little ambitious. She does not care about beginnings and newroots, she’s only here for the end.

She goesfor the quest. She’s sure it will lead her to answers.

She is notfrightened by the smell of the oracle nor by her patchouli-infused threats.It’s an old skeleton with vintage pearl necklace and bracelets, colorful scarfsand too much dust everywhere.

It’s not adanger. Hermione Granger knows the face of danger when she sees it and it’s notin the once-human features of Sibyl Trelawney.

DracoMalfoy, Blaise Zabini and Harry Potter follow her on the forbidden land. Theyfollow her on the burnt land, where the gods are no longer listening.

Theydestroy a city while trying to save it from the monsters. Hermione is wise butshe cannot find a way to stop this building to fall on this young lady, pinkstiletto and bright smile, top bun. The mortal is collapsed under the ruins.

Hermionefreezes and watches it. There is blood on the corpse’s clothes.

She wondersif the gods saw it. She wonders if it is Malfoy’s fault.

Because,apparently, it is always his fault in this quest. It is his fault if the godsare angry (and if Nemesis is angrier.)

It is hisfault if Blaise has raised an army of skeletons to save them from worse thandeath and bones.

It is hisfault if she is still bleeding. (he has not learned how to patch wounds andhe’s not even good to comfort her.)

It isalways his fault because the quest, it was not hers. It was his. They needed tonegotiate something from Nemesis, something precious. A scale. To reestablishthe order of the world or something like that. It was perfect, it was allbruises and burns and challenges. It was a success.

UntilMalfoy made mommy angry and –

This boyhad some serious self-control issues and parental ones and she’s angrier thatshe looks out after him because –

Now, thereis a minor goodness hunting them and cursing them and throwing hell on them.

Thegriffins with their wings and their claws are ripping their bare skins.

While theyare running (sweat covers Blaise’s face and Harry throws lightning bolteverywhere around them. It’s dark. Except the neon signs of obscure and greasyfast-foods the only thing she can see between the flashes is blood. So muchblood.)

The woundson her chest is infected. It’s not ichor, it’s sticky blood and yellowish pus.She keeps her mouth shut and she takes a sip of ambrosia, just a tiny sip – ittastes like home and toothpaste and mint – because they are in a worstsituation.

So muchworse.

Malfoycrawls to her on his elbows. His face is covered in dust, and his lips istinted with carmine blood.

“I’m sorryGranger. I didn’t want this to – “

“No, you’renot.” She answers. Her tongue is sharp and her patience nonexistent. “You’re acoward, Malfoy. You are her son and you wanted revenge. You got it, champion.”

He stayssilent for a while. Harry and Blaise are nowhere close to be found. Even goingto supermarket is a threatening ride yet they are clearly seizing opportunityrather than staying between the two of them. The walking chaos and the bitterwarrior.

It was herquest. It was supposed to be her last trial.

He kissesher, this night. She bites him but he doesn’t taste the difference. He’salready bloody.

She kissesher back and her lips (god, her lips.)

It’sunreal.

v. baby, as soon as you meet me (you’ll wishthat you never did)

It is, infact.

She burstsin laughter, it’s not her laugh. She kisses him but it is not how he has everimagined (not that he has)

Either sheis far more anger than he could thought either she’s not herself. Withoutbreaking the contact between them (he feels her lashes flushing against hisskin, her heartbeat, the dryness of her lips) he takes out his dagger of hisbelt. He’s Narcissa’s son and she has at least taught him that she loved himeven if he did not love himself.

His life isprecious and there is no way he dies kissing a ferocious girl.

Heapproaches the blade to the back of her neck, where the flesh is tender, whereher hair begins to grow, she keeps kissing him and that’s when he knows –

“HermioneGranger is hyper-aware of everything that threatens her life and curiously,even more when it’s me.”

He stabsthe thing in the back without a blink. It still has her face, her dirty stainsof mud or blood on the cheek and her light in the eyes.

He watchesit fade slowly into a glassy last look.

(he hasnever dreamt about her dying, about killing her)

There is noblood on his own hands, just gold. Rivers of it, flowing on his palms.

Then hehears a scream.

She is –Hermione Granger, the true one – behind him. She looks terrified and he caneasily imagine why. He drops the bloody weapon and open his mouth to explainhimself but she doesn’t let him the time.

She’sbetter than him at reunions.

She punchesa goddess – his mother, actually – in the face and she shouts at him

“Don’t youdare kill me again in the back! You, coward!” she turns her head to heropponent, wings growing out of her white dress, black eyes like divine revengeand ichor dropping from her nose. “And you…” she yells at Nemesis “Don’t youdare to toy with him again! You, pathetic mother!”

He’samazed. As are Potter and Blaise, gasping, almost dropping their grocery bags.These guys have a great timing, truly.

“What’shappening?”

“I’vekilled Granger and now she tries to make us more in danger than we used to be.Quite a routine.”

“Nice”comments Blaise laconically.

It was niceindeed.

The fact isthat Nemesis has met his father, a powerful and resentful man, in February.Coldest month to meet a sharp woman, a deadly goddess.

9 monthslater, he was married. 9 months later, he was in jail for fraud letting behindhim a spouse, a huge manor with peacocks and hedges high like ramparts. And ababy.

NarcissaMalfoy called him Draco because his father was a snake and his mother a dragon,but she loved him anyway.

The fact isthat Nemesis does not like competition. She only lives for justice. And she’snot the best mother, just the second one.

She swearsto let them in peace. She doesn’t look at Draco in the eyes but she gives himthe scale without a word.

The goddessdisappears and everything returns to normal: Blaise and his charming smile,Harry, his broken glasses and his messy hair. Everything except Draco.

She goes tosleep, he takes the first turn of guard (just in case.) and the next morning,she finds him sleeping against the grey wall of cement.

She shakeshis shoulder a bit too strong and she makes his name turns to cold then tonothing in her mouth.

He rises onhis feet, quickly. He hasn’t wash the ichor on his shirt or his hands, he hasgolden blood stuck on his face and on his hair.

She doesn’tswipe it. She shakes his hand instead.

“It’s over,Malfoy. The quest is finished. Our collaboration is over.”

“Granger –“

She walksaway and she lets the steam of the public shower chase the image of his handfrozen in the space, like if he was holding on the ghost of her own.

She hasonly five minutes of peace before Blaise knocks on the door to announces thedeparture.

The journeyback is long and quiet. They slide monsters in silence. Harry and Blaise fillthe void with their incessant chatting but in the end, it’s just an annoying backgroundnoise and she just wish she had a book to avoid to stare at Malfoy’s glacialmouthline.

The camp isjust as they’ve left it. Same sickening-sugar strawberry smell. Same orangecotton shirt. Same problems and same wars between cabins. Same books on theshelves in front of her bed, same sticky-gloss written messages on the door ofthe Aphrodite’s.

And DracoMalfoy is more an empty body than a heroic soul.

But she candeal with it. She can deal with the shush and the gossips and the praises, shecan deal with new ranks and admiration glowing in the eyes of new campers.

He shows upon her porch, one morning.

“Granger, Ithink we need to talk.”

“Malfoy, Ithink we do not.”

“You died.”

Oh –

She looksat him, with his platinum hair and his angular face, edges like a broken mirrorreflecting long evenings of memories and nightmares of feathers, claws, andfalling buildings.

She cannotbreathe.

Oh –

She hastried so hard to remember. To fill the blank space. To put herself in thisthing’s place, to imagine her heart slow down and her erratic need for air, forhelp. She has tried so hard.

Sometimes,she forgets that she is not the one who is dead, and neither the one who kissedhim.

Oh –

He waits.His leg twitches. But she cannot move and she cannot take back her wordsbecause it’s over and he has stabbed her in the back, he has kissed her, he haskilled her. But she can’t remember because it was not her and it was her andshe’s not sure that he’s doing a difference and he’s on her porch –

Sometimes,she wants to be the one who kissed him, a night in an abandoned bungalow.

Oh –

He jumps aflight of steps, she grabs him by the collar.

“I don’tlike you Malfoy. You’re not wise enough to be on my side in war.”

“I know.But I’m sure that you don’t want me on the opposing side now that are know whatyour weak points are.”

“Do you?”she asks, the reminiscence of the dagger precisely driven between her twoblades floating between them.

Her chesthurts when she bends over him to grab his chin.

She kisseshim, he tastes like ambrosia and end of the world and regrets.

But hisskin is clean and the sun warms their intertwined bodies.

It’s enoughfor now. Maybe one day, he will be brave enough to forgive to Narcissa, hisfather and Nemesis.

Maybe oneday, she will be soft enough to come back home, to make an appointment at thedentist.

For now,they are just demi-gods, scared of what they have done, searching forexpiation.

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PITTSBURGH — The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s planned visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic political climate in the U.S. that might have led to the bloodshed.

With the first funerals set for Tuesday, the White House announced Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit on the same day to “express the support of the American people and to grieve with the Pittsburgh community” over the 11 congregants killed Saturday in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

Some Pittsburghers urged Trump to stay away.

“His language has encouraged hatred and fear of immigrants, which is part of the reason why these people were killed,” said Marianne Novy, 73, a retired college English professor who lives in the city’s Squirrel Hill section, the historic Jewish neighborhood where the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue took place.

Meanwhile, the alleged gunman, 46-year-old truck driver Robert Gregory Bowers, was released from the hospital where he was treated for wounds suffered in a gun battle with police. Hours later he was wheeled into a downtown federal courtroom in handcuffs to face charges.

Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers vowed to rebuild following a weekend massacre at his Pittsburgh synagogue where Robert Gregory Bowers is accused of killing 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. (Oct. 29)

A judge ordered him held without bail for a preliminary hearing on Thursday, when prosecutors will outline their case. He did not enter a plea.

During the brief proceeding, Bowers talked with two court-appointed lawyers and said little more than “Yes” in a soft voice a few times in response to routine questions from the judge. Courtroom deputies freed one of his cuffed hands so he could sign paperwork.

He was expressionless.

“It was not the face of villainy that I thought we’d see,” said Jon Pushinsky, a congregant who was in court for the hearing.

Federal prosecutors are pressing for the death penalty against Bowers, who authorities say expressed hatred of Jews during the attack and later told police, “I just want to kill Jews” and “All these Jews need to die.”

After the hearing, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady called the shootings “horrific acts of violence” and added: “Rest assured we have a team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justice is done.”

The weekend massacre — which took place 10 days before the midterm elections — heightened tensions around the country, coming just a day after the arrest of the Florida man accused of sending a wave of pipe bombs to Trump critics.

The mail bomb attacks and the bloodshed in Pittsburgh set off debate over whether the corrosive political atmosphere in Washington and beyond contributed to the violence and whether Trump himself bears any blame because of his combative language.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, a Democrat, said the White House should contact the victims’ families and ask them if they want the president to come. He also warned Trump to stay away when the first funerals are held.

“If the president is looking to come to Pittsburgh, I would ask that he not do so while we are burying the dead,” Peduto said. “Our attention and our focus is going to be on them, and we don’t have public safety that we can take away from what is needed in order to do both.”

The White House did not immediately respond to the mayor’s request. Asked if Trump has done enough to condemn white nationalism, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said he has “denounced racism, hatred and bigotry in all forms on a number of occasions.”

Some looked forward to Trump’s visit.

David Dvir, 52, an Israeli-born Squirrel Hill locksmith whose shop is festooned with Israeli and American flags, said “we need to welcome” Trump, for whom he voted, because “it’s our president.”

Kristin Wessell, a homemaker who lives near Squirrel Hill, said Trump should steer clear of Pittsburgh to let the victims’ families “grieve how they see fit.”

“I feel a lot of his comments are very much dog whistles to nationalists and white supremacists and racists. So, yeah, I do place part of the blame on this on him,” said Wessell, a Democrat, who was passing out bouquets to passersby across the street from a kosher grocery store. “Anti-Semitism has always existed. But I feel like he is giving cover to people to be more blatant about it. And to be more violent about it, rather than trying to calm and heal.”

The youngest of the 11 dead was 54, the oldest 97. The toll included a husband and wife, professors, dentists and physicians.

Bowers was charged with offenses that included causing death while obstructing a person’s right to the free exercise of religion — a hate crime — and using a gun to commit murder. He was also charged under state law with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation.

The president of the hospital where a wounded Bowers was taken said that he was ranting against Jews even as Jewish staff members were treating him.

“He’s taken into my hospital and he’s shouting, ‘I want to kill all the Jews!’ and the first three people who are taking care of him are Jewish,” Jeffrey Cohen of Allegheny General Hospital told WTAE-TV. “Ain’t that a kick in the pants?”

Cohen, who is also Jewish and a member of Tree of Life synagogue, said he stopped by Bowers’ room.

“I just asked how he was doing, was he in pain, and he said no, he was fine,” he told WTAE. “He asked who I was, and I said, ‘I’m Dr. Cohen, the president of the hospital,’ and I turned around and left.”

He said the FBI agent outside Bowers’ room told him he didn’t think he could have done that. “And I said, ‘If you were in my shoes I’m sure you could have,’” Cohen said.

Just minutes before the synagogue attack, Bowers apparently took to social media to rage against HIAS, a Jewish organization that resettles refugees under contract with the U.S. government.

“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” he is believed to have written on Gab.com, a social media site favored by right-wing extremists. “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”

HIAS had recently weighed in on the migrant caravan heading toward the U.S. from Central America, urging the Trump administration to “provide all asylum seekers the opportunity to present their claims as required by law.” The president has vilified the caravan and pledged to stop the migrants.

One of the targets of the mail bomb attacks last week was liberal Jewish philanthropist George Soros, who has been accused by far-right conspiracy theorists of paying migrants to join the caravan.

Bowers was a long-haul trucker who worked for himself, authorities said. Little else was known about the suspect, who had no apparent criminal record.

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This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of “Pushinsky” and “Jeffrey” and to show Jeffre Cohen’s comments were made to “Good Morning America,” not WTAE-TV.

By ALLEN G. BREED, MARK SCOLFORO and MARYCLAIRE DALE – 0ct 29. 2018 – 6:32 PM EDT ___

Associated Press reporter Claudia Lauer contributed to this report from Philadelphia.

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PITTSBURGH — The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was released from a hospital and turned over to federal authorities for a court appearance Monday on charges he killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

Robert Gregory Bowers, 46, who was shot and wounded in a gun battle with police, arrived at the federal courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh less than two hours after his release from Allegheny General Hospital, according to U.S. marshals. A government car with a wheelchair visible inside could be seen arriving earlier.

Federal prosecutors set in motion plans to seek the death penalty against Bowers, who authorities say expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and later told police that “I just want to kill Jews” and that “all these Jews need to die.”

The first funeral — for Cecil Rosenthal and his younger brother, David — was set for Tuesday.

Survivors, meanwhile, began offering harrowing accounts of the mass shooting Saturday inside Tree of Life Synagogue.

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Barry Werber said he found himself hiding in a dark storage closet as the gunman tore through the building and opened fire.

“I don’t know why he thinks the Jews are responsible for all the ills in the world, but he’s not the first and he won’t be the last,” Werber, 76, said Sunday. “Unfortunately, that’s our burden to bear. It breaks my heart.”

The mail bomb attacks and the bloodshed in Pittsburgh set off debate over whether the corrosive political rhetoric in Washington and beyond contributed to the violence and whether Trump himself bears any blame.

The attack spurred a number of fundraising efforts. A crowdfunding campaign called Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue raised more than $90,000 for survivors and families, while a fundraiser led by a graduate student in Washington had taken in nearly $545,000 as of Monday morning, with funds to go to the congregation.

Bowers killed eight men and three women before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, authorities said. Six other people were wounded, including four officers.

He apparently posted an anti-Semitic message on a social media account linked to him just a few minutes before the rampage. The Anti-Defamation League called it the deadliest U.S. attack on Jews.

It wasn’t clear whether Bowers has an attorney to speak on his behalf. A message left with the federal public defender’s office in Pittsburgh wasn’t returned.

Three congregations were conducting Sabbath services in the synagogue when the attack began just before 10 a.m. in the tree-lined residential neighbourhood of Squirrel Hill, about 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh and the hub of the city’s Jewish community .

Speaking at a vigil in Pittsburgh on Sunday night, Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers said about a dozen people had gathered in the main sanctuary when Bowers walked in and began shooting. Seven of his congregants were killed, he said.

“My holy place has been defiled,” he said.

In the basement, four members of New Light congregation were just starting to pray — with two others in the kitchen — when they heard crashing coming from upstairs, looked out the door and saw a body on the staircase, Werber recalled in an interview.

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman closed the door and pushed them into a large supply closet, he said. As gunshots echoed upstairs, Werber called 911 but was afraid to say anything, for fear of making any noise.

When the shots subsided, he said, another congregant, Melvin Wax, opened the door, only to be shot.

“There were three shots, and he falls back into the room where we were,” Werber said. “The gunman walks in.”

Apparently unable to see Werber and the other congregants in the darkness, Bowers walked back out.

Werber called the gunman “a maniac” and “a person who has no control of his baser instincts.”

The youngest of the 11 dead was 54, the oldest 97. The toll included a husband and wife, professors, dentists and physicians.

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Bowers shot his victims with an AR-15, used in many of the nation’s mass shootings, and three handguns, all of which he owned legally and had a license to carry, according to a law enforcement official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Bowers was a long-haul trucker who worked for himself, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said. Little else was known about the suspect, who had no apparent criminal record.

Bowers was charged with 11 state counts of criminal homicide, six counts of aggravated assault and 13 counts of ethnic intimidation. He was also charged in a 29-count federal criminal complaint that included counts of obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death — a federal hate crime — and using a firearm to commit murder.

Of the six survivors, four remained in the hospital Sunday night, and two — including a 40-year-old officer — were in critical condition.

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New top story from Time: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Arrives in Court After Being Released From Hospital

(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was released from a hospital and turned over to federal authorities for a court appearance Monday on charges he killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

The first funeral — for Cecil Rosenthal and his younger brother, David — was set for Tuesday.

Survivors, meanwhile, began offering harrowing accounts of the mass shooting Saturday inside Tree of Life Synagogue.

Barry Werber said he found himself hiding in a dark storage closet as the gunman tore through the building and opened fire.

Bowers killed eight men and three women before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, authorities said. Six other people were wounded, including four officers.

He apparently posted an anti-Semitic message on a social media account linked to him just a few minutes before the rampage. The Anti-Defamation League called it the deadliest U.S. attack on Jews.

It wasn’t clear whether Bowers has an attorney to speak on his behalf. A message left with the federal public defender’s office in Pittsburgh wasn’t returned.

Three congregations were conducting Sabbath services in the synagogue when the attack began just before 10 a.m. in the tree-lined residential neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, about 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh and the hub of the city’s Jewish community .

“My holy place has been defiled,” he said.

When the shots subsided, he said, another congregant, Melvin Wax, opened the door, only to be shot.

“There were three shots, and he falls back into the room where we were,” Werber said. “The gunman walks in.”

Apparently unable to see Werber and the other congregants in the darkness, Bowers walked back out.

Werber called the gunman “a maniac” and “a person who has no control of his baser instincts.”

The youngest of the 11 dead was 54, the oldest 97. The toll included a husband and wife, professors, dentists and physicians.

Bowers was a long-haul trucker who worked for himself, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said. Little else was known about the suspect, who had no apparent criminal record.

Of the six survivors, four remained in the hospital Sunday night, and two — including a 40-year-old officer — were in critical condition.

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Lauer reported from Philadelphia. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Mark Scolforo in Pittsburgh, Michael Balsamo in Washington, Jennifer Peltz in New York and Michael Rubinkam in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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2004/2005 TV Awards

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Moore Everwood - "Fate Accomplis" - Anna Fricke Lost - "Deus Ex Machina" - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof Veronica Mars - "Leave It to Beaver" - Diane Ruggiero & Rob Thomas Veronica Mars - "A Trip to the Dentist" - Diane Ruggiero The Wire - "Mission Accomplished" - Ed Burns & David Simon HONORABLE MENTION: Battlestar Galactica - “Act of Contrition”; Battlestar Galactica - “Colonial Day”; Boston Legal - “Death Be Not Proud”; Carnivale - “New Canaan, CA”; Deadwood - “Boy the Earth Talks To”; Deadwood - “The Whores Can Come”; ER - “Just As I Am”; Everwood - “Surprise”; House - “Three Stories”; Huff - “Christmas Is Ruined”; Jack & Bobby - “A Child of God”; Law & Order - “Fluency”; Law & Order: Criminal Intent - “Want”; Lost - “Do No Harm”; Lost - “Pilot”; Rescue Me - “Guts”; The Shield - “String Theory”; Six Feet Under - “Terror Starts at Home”; Veronica Mars - “Pilot”; Veronica Mars - “You Think You Know Somebody”; The West Wing - “In God We Trust”; The Wire - “Middle Ground”; The Wire - “Moral Midgetry”; The Wire - “Reformation” Best Directing - Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica - "33" - Michael Rymer Carnivale - "New Canaan, CA" - Scott Winant Deadwood - "Boy the Earth Talks To" - Ed Bianchi Lost - "Pilot, Parts 1 & 2" - J.J. 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Scott Caldwell, Lost; Jill Clayburgh, Nip/Tuck; Olivia d’Abo, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Frances Fisher, Medium; Sarah Lancaster, Everwood; Cloris Leachman, Joan of Arcadia; Tina Majorino, Veronica Mars; Stephanie March, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Lena Olin, Alias; Amanda Plummer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Annie Potts, Huff; Carrie Preston, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Mercedes Ruehl, Law & Order; Robin Tunney, House; Kerry Washington, Boston Legal Best Ensemble - Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica Deadwood Everwood Lost Six Feet Under The Wire HONORABLE MENTION: Alias, Boston Legal, Carnivale, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Huff, Joan of Arcadia, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The O.C., Queer as Folk, Rescue Me, The Shield, 24, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Without a Trace Best New Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica House Jack & Bobby Lost Medium Veronica Mars HONORABLE MENTION: Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Huff, Kevin Hill, life as we know it, Numb3rs, Rescue Me, Summerland Best Comedy Series: Arrested Development Dead Like Me Desperate Housewives Everybody Loves Raymond Gilmore Girls HONORABLE MENTION: The King of Queens, Malcolm in the Middle, Monk, The Office, Scrubs, Unscripted Best Actor - Comedy Series: Jason Bateman, Arrested Development - "Good Grief" Zach Braff, Scrubs - "My Five Stages" Steve Carell, The Office - "Diversity Day" Kevin James, The King of Queens - "Pour Judgment" Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond - "Finale" Tony Shalhoub, Monk - "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month" HONORABLE MENTION: Bryan Greenberg, Unscripted; Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show; Eric McCormack, Will & Grace; Frankie Muniz, Malcolm in the Middle; John Stamos, Jake in Progress Best Actress - Comedy Series: Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives - "Pretty Little Picture" Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls - "Say Something" Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives - "Pilot" Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond - "Finale" Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives - "Guilty" Ellen Muth, Dead Like Me - "The Shallow End" HONORABLE MENTION: Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls; Jennifer Hall, Unscripted; Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle; Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives; Debra Messing, Will & Grace; Leah Remini, The King of Queens Best Supporting Actor - Comedy Series: Will Arnett, Arrested Development - "Good Grief" Michael Cera, Arrested Development - "Meat the Veals" Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle - "Hal's Christmas Gift" David Cross, Arrested Development - "The Immaculate Election" Tony Hale, Arrested Development - "Out on a Limb"/"Hand to God" Scott Patterson, Gilmore Girls - "Written in the Stars" HONORABLE MENTION: Peter Boyle, Everybody Loves Raymond; Donald Faison, Scrubs; Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond; Sean Gunn, Gilmore Girls; Sean Hayes, Will & Grace; Edward Herrmann, Gilmore Girls; John Krasinski, The Office; Frank Langella, Unscripted; John C. 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My Very Own Versailles: Homeowners Who Re-create the French Palace

Chad King for The Wall Street Journal

On an unassuming side street in Long Island’s Old Brookville, a 1,000-foot long driveway flanked by an allée of pear saplings leads to a 120-room, 17th century-style château bedecked with elaborate limestone carvings. Atop its slate roof, a copper ridge decorated with rosettes shines in the early summer sun. Above the front door, the initials “RY” are flanked by horn-blowing cherubs.

Though it is a brand-new building in suburban Long Island, the roughly 23,000-square-foot structure looks for all the world like it belongs in France at the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XIV’s famous creation. That was the goal of its owner Raphael Yakoby, an Israeli-born entrepreneur who created Hpnotiq liqueur, a bright blue liqueur popularized by hip hop artists in the early 2000s.

A sitting area. The Glosman house is available for rent for $100,000 per month for long-term rentals for $300,000 for short-term rentals.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

The front door, with its wrought-iron metalwork, is a scaled-down replica of a door found at Versailles. On the grand staircase in the foyer, the cast-iron and gold-leaf banister is a replica of one found at Le Petit Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s retreat on the grounds of Versailles.

Mr. Yakoby, who has spent about four years building the house, says he plans to move in next month, but once it is completed he’s also planning to put it on the market for $100 million—a figure he says is close to the cost of building the home.

The condo was given its Versailles-inspired appearance by a previous owner and came partially furnished, but Mr. Pierre says he plans to complete the decor with period-appropriate antiques or replicas.

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There is something about Versailles that has produced a seemingly constant stream of imitators, ever since the late 1600s, when Louis XIV transformed a hunting lodge into the opulent palace known world-wide. With roughly 2,300 rooms and its chandelier-laden Hall of Mirrors, Versailles started prompting imitations as soon as it was completed, from other European palaces to grand homes. Even the layout of the city of Washington, D.C., borrowed elements from the gardens of Versailles.

When it comes to private homes, Versailles continues to have an outsize influence: According to realtor.com, 23 homes currently on the market or recently sold referenced Versailles in their marketing copy. “It’s maintained this huge mystique,” says historian Tony Spawforth, author of “Versailles: A Biography of a Palace.”

Mr. Pierre says when he’d visited the real Versailles, ‘I was in awe of the design of that era.’ He bought the condo before seeing it in person. ‘I was so amazed by the property,’ he says.

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The allure of Versailles was no accident: Louis XIV created the massive palace as a way to showcase his power and draw attention to the glories of France. “There was an enormous ‘wow’ factor that Louis was aiming for,” Mr. Spawforth says.

For many of those who choose to build homes inspired by Versailles, the palace represents the pinnacle of success and achievement, and the culmination of a lifelong dream. The costs of this dream are considerable: Not only is building a modern-day Versailles very expensive, it can upset neighbors and be difficult to sell.

A crystal chandelier hangs above a curving marble staircase with 18-karat gold detailing.

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“It’s a little bit over the top,” concedes Jean “Manouch” Pierre, a businessman who bought the “Versailles Penthouse” at the Metropolis condominium in Las Vegas last year for about $2.8 million. “But this is what working hard is all about.”

Mr. Pierre says his opulent condo was given its Versailles look around 2005 by a previous owner. It has 30-foot-high ceilings and cabinets trimmed with gold leaf. A chandelier hangs above a curving marble staircase with 18-karat gold detailing. A commercial real-estate investor in his mid-50s who is originally from Iran, Mr. Pierre bought the property at auction after it had failed to sell at its asking price of $4.88 million; he says he was so amazed by photos of the condo that he bought it without ever visiting. The first time he saw the property in person, “I was extremely emotional,” he adds, noting that the purchase felt like an embodiment of his hard work and success after “coming here with nothing.”

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To make the condo even more Versailles-like, Mr. Pierre got permission from the homeowners association to install fireplaces, and plans to complete the décor with period-appropriate antiques or replicas.

To Patrice Tarsey, Versailles is “the most beautiful palace ever built.” So in 1992 when she saw a newly built house in Los Angeles that was inspired by Le Petit Trianon, she jumped at the chance to own it.

The roughly 11,000-square-foot home in Holmby Hills has wrought-iron and marble balconies and gold-leaf moldings throughout. In the entry there is a 46-foot-high dome, with twin rose marble circular staircases topped by an 18th century Baccarat crystal chandelier. In the library and living room the cherry wood floors, in a Bordeaux pattern, are a copy of the floors in the Hall of Mirrors.

Ms. Tarsey is a real estate heiress whose father Jason Tarsey owned the Dunes Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. A few years ago, she relocated to Florida, and rented the house out. Now she’s planning to list it for $22.5 million with Gregory Bega and Lindsay Galbraith of Sotheby’s International Realty.

Versailles-style details don’t come cheap. Builder Tom C. Murphy, co-president of Florida-based Coastal Homes, says he’s worked on three homes inspired by Versailles, ranging in size from 15,000 to roughly 80,000 square feet. These homes are pricey not just because of their size, he says, but because materials and artisans are often sourced from overseas. Moreover, 17th and 18th century homes didn’t have to contend with things like electric lighting and HVAC systems, which take extra work to conceal without ruining elaborate design schemes.

Raphael Yakoby’s Versailles-inspired home in Long Island’s Old Brookville. The under-construction home should be completed next month. For Mr. Yakoby, the building of this Versailles-inspired home represents a life-long dream. While travelling in France years ago for business, ‘I was awed by the buildings,’ he says. ‘I said I would build something like this when I could afford it.’

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In the U.S., homes inspired by Versailles don’t always go over well with neighbors. When dentist Leonid Glosman and his wife Natalie set out to build a Versailles-inspired home in Beverly Hills in the late 1980s, it took two years to get permission to build, because the home’s style “is not customary in the neighborhood” and “the height was much higher than the rest of the homes,” says their daughter Monique Vayntrub.

Once they are built, Versailles-style homes can sometimes have trouble on the resale market. “A lot of people today want modern, contemporary, they don’t want traditional and they don’t want European,” warns Beverly Hills-based real-estate agent Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates.

One of two ballrooms in Mr. Yakoby’s home, each of which have custom plaster moldings. While Mr. Yakoby says he believes Versailles-style design is ‘timeless,’ he says he did make attempts to update the aesthetic for contemporary life. For example, he used soft pastels in the ballrooms rather than covering the moldings with gold leaf.

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According to realtor.com, homes that mentioned Versailles in their listing copy spent a median of 122 days on the market, far higher than the national median of 62 days and above the 111-day median for the top 5% highest priced homes in the country.

Several Versailles replicas have faced difficulty selling. Perhaps the best known example is the 90,000-square-foot mansion in Windermere, Fla. that inspired the 2012 documentary “The Queen of Versailles.” Owners David Siegel, founder of timeshare giant Westgate Resorts, and his wife, Jacqueline, put the partially completed home on the market in 2010 for $100 million fully finished, or $75 million as-is. The home sat on the market for several years and had its price reduced before being taken off the market.

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

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Ms. Glosman, who moved with her husband to the U.S. from Russia in the 1970s, says she chose Versailles as her inspiration because “it is one of the most magnificent architectural achievements in the world.”

But when the family put the eight-bedroom house on the market for $18.95 million in 2014, they found that not everyone had the same appreciation for the style. The home had “a limited audience” of potential buyers, says Ms. Nourmand, one of the listing agents.

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

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When the house didn’t sell, the Glosmans took it off the market and spent millions on a renovation, replacing many of the colorful interiors with white and swapping antiques for modern furniture. Now they are seeking to rent the house out for $100,000 a month for long-term rentals or $300,000 a month for short-term rentals.

When it comes to Versailles-style homes, “either you love it, or it’s not for you at all,” says Debbie Sonenshine of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, who is listing a $4.75 million home in Atlanta with elaborate gardens inspired by Versailles.

But if history is any indication, there will be no shortage of future mini-Versailles to come.

Cherubs in the Yakoby home. Though he plans to move in, Mr. Yakoby is also putting the home on the market for $100 million with Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

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“It’s unique—it’s not cookie cutter,” Kevin Harris says of the Versailles-inspired home in Indianapolis he bought in 2014 for $650,000. The roughly 14,000-square-foot home has hand-plastered moldings on the ceilings and doors, murals on the walls and a ballroom. The Scalamandré fabric on the dining room walls is a copy of draperies at Versailles, he said.

Mr. Harris, a manufacturing executive, acknowledges that the home’s ornate style may make it difficult to resell if that time ever comes. But he and his wife love the home, he says, and after all, “you gotta live somewhere.”

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My Very Own Versailles: Homeowners Who Re-create the French Palace

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A sitting area. The Glosman house is available for rent for $100,000 per month for long-term rentals for $300,000 for short-term rentals.

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Mr. Pierre says when he’d visited the real Versailles, ‘I was in awe of the design of that era.’ He bought the condo before seeing it in person. ‘I was so amazed by the property,’ he says.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

A crystal chandelier hangs above a curving marble staircase with 18-karat gold detailing.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

A bathroom

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Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

But if history is any indication, there will be no shortage of future mini-Versailles to come.

Cherubs in the Yakoby home. Though he plans to move in, Mr. Yakoby is also putting the home on the market for $100 million with Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

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My Very Own Versailles: Homeowners Who Re-create the French Palace

Chad King for The Wall Street Journal

A sitting area. The Glosman house is available for rent for $100,000 per month for long-term rentals for $300,000 for short-term rentals.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Pierre says when he’d visited the real Versailles, ‘I was in awe of the design of that era.’ He bought the condo before seeing it in person. ‘I was so amazed by the property,’ he says.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

A crystal chandelier hangs above a curving marble staircase with 18-karat gold detailing.

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

A bathroom

Emily Wilson for The Wall Street Journal

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

The house has about 40 chandeliers and over 100 sconces.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

But if history is any indication, there will be no shortage of future mini-Versailles to come.

Cherubs in the Yakoby home. Though he plans to move in, Mr. Yakoby is also putting the home on the market for $100 million with Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal

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