Kingmaker
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An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's
greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A
WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE'Superb and fascinating. I can't recommend it
more' LADY ANNE GLENCONNER, bestselling author of Lady in
Waiting'Fascinating and revelatory, written with great aplomb,
insight and shrewd analysis. A triumph' WILLIAM BOYD'An incredible
story, beautifully told, of a remarkable woman whose political
influence spanned Churchill to Clinton.Quite a woman, quite a read'
ALASTAIR CAMPBELLWhen Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the
obituaries that followed were scathing - and often downright
sexist. Written off as a social climber, her glamorous social life
and infamous erotic adventures overshadowed her true legacy. Much
of what she did behind the scenes to shape the twentieth century,
on both sides of the Atlantic, remained invisible.That is, until
now: with a wealth of fresh research, Sonia Purnell unveils for the
first time the full, spectacular story of how Harriman left an
indelible mark on the world today.There is practically no-one in
twentieth-century politics, culture and fashion whose lives she did
not touch. Her influence began at age twenty, when her
father-in-law, Winston Churchill, engaged her as a ",secret
weapon", during World War II, wining, dining and seducing Americans
over to the British cause against Hitler. It continued later in the
US, where she hand-picked Bill Clinton from obscurity and vaulted
him to the presidency.It extended further, over five decades and
two continents, influencing figures like the Kennedys, Nelson
Mandela, Truman Capote, Gianni Agnelli, Kay Graham, Gloria Steinem
and Frank Sinatra.Written with the novelistic richness and
investigative rigour that only Sonia Purnell could bring to this
story full of sex, power, yachts, palaces and fabulous clothes,
Kingmaker sets out Harriman's rightful place at the heart of recent
history.'A vivid, glittering, sexy, scintillating, beautifully
written portrait of a woman who drove 20th century history even as
history was driving her' LIZA MUNDY, bestselling author of The
Sisterhood and Code Girls'Meticulously researched and served up
with great panache, this is the biography that Pamela Harriman so
richly deserves' GILES MILTON, author of The Stalin Affair: The
Impossible Alliance that Won the War'A deliciously seductive read'
DENISE KIERNAN, bestselling author of The Girls of Atomic City, The
Last Castle and We Gather Together
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