{"id":22229,"date":"2024-10-31T23:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/kingmaker-pamela-harrimans-astonishing-life-of-power-seduction-and-intrigue-2\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T23:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T23:00:41","slug":"kingmaker-pamela-harrimans-astonishing-life-of-power-seduction-and-intrigue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/kingmaker-pamela-harrimans-astonishing-life-of-power-seduction-and-intrigue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPrice: $9.99<\/span>
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\n \u201cA thorough account of Harriman\u2019s rise which also manages to be a brisk, twisty read \u2026 riveting and revelatory.\u201d \u2014The New Yorker<\/p>\n

\u201ca must-read book of Fall 2024\u201d\u00a0\u2014People Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cRigorous but rollicking.\u201d \u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, an electrifying re-examination of one of the 20th century\u2019s greatest unsung power players<\/p>\n

When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were predictably scathing \u2013 and many were downright sexist. Written off as a mere courtesan and social climber, her true legacy was overshadowed by a glamorous social life and her infamous erotic adventures. Much of what she did behind the scenes \u2013 on both sides of the Atlantic – remained invisible and secret. That is, until now: with a wealth of fresh research, interviews and newly discovered sources, Sonia Purnell unveils for the first time the full, spectacular story of how she left an indelible mark on the world today.<\/p>\n

At age 20 Churchill\u2019s beloved daughter-in-law became a \u201csecret weapon\u201d during World War II, strategically wining, dining, and seducing diplomats and generals to help win over American sentiment (and secrets) to the British cause against Hitler. After the war, she helped to transform Fiat heir Gianni Agnelli into Italy\u2019s \u2018uncrowned king\u2019 on the international stage and after moving to the US brought a struggling Democratic party back to life, hand-picking Bill Clinton from obscurity and vaulting him to the presidency.<\/p>\n

Picked as Ambassador to France, she deployed her legendary subtle powers to charm world leaders and help efforts to bring peace to Bosnia, playing her part in what was arguably the high-water mark of American global supremacy.<\/p>\n

There are few at any time who have operated as close to the center of power over five decades and two continents, and there is practically no one in 20th Century politics, culture, and fashion whose lives she did not touch, including the Kennedys, Truman Capote, Aly Khan, Kay Graham, Gloria Steinem, Ed Murrow, and Frank Sinatra.\u00a0Written with the novelistic richness and investigative rigor that only Sonia Purnell could bring to this story full of sex, politics, yachts, palaces and fabulous clothes, KINGMAKER re-asserts Harriman\u2019s rightful place at the heart of history.

\n From the Publisher <\/p>\n

\"One of the most accomplished biographers of our time,\" says Liza Mundy about Sonia Purnell\"One of the most accomplished biographers of our time,\" says Liza Mundy about Sonia Purnell <\/p>\n

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\"Rigorous\"Rigorous <\/p>\n

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A vivid, glittering, sexy, scintillating, beautifully written portrait of a woman,\" says Liza MundyA vivid, glittering, sexy, scintillating, beautifully written portrait of a woman,\" says Liza Mundy <\/p>\n

ASIN \u200f : \u200e B0CQJHTHGY
Publisher \u200f : \u200e Viking (September 17, 2024)
Publication date \u200f : \u200e September 17, 2024
Language \u200f : \u200e English
File size \u200f : \u200e 39537 KB
Text-to-Speech \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Screen Reader \u200f : \u200e Supported
Enhanced typesetting \u200f : \u200e Enabled
X-Ray \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Word Wise \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Print length \u200f : \u200e 525 pages
Page numbers source ISBN \u200f : \u200e 0349014728 <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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