Kingmaker - Purnell, Sonia
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES, MAIL ON SUNDAY, DAILY EXPRESS, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, SPECTATOR, IRISH EXAMINER, LONDON STANDARD, NEW YORKER, POLITICO, APPLE BOOKS, TOWN & COUNTRY and OLDIE During Pamela Churchill Harriman's life and even after her death, in 1997, her glamorous social life and infamous erotic adventures overshadowed her true legacy: she was one of the most powerful women of the 20th century. There is practically no-one in politics, culture and fashion whose lives she did not touch: from her father-in-law Winston…mehr

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES, MAIL ON SUNDAY, DAILY EXPRESS, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, SPECTATOR, IRISH EXAMINER, LONDON STANDARD, NEW YORKER, POLITICO, APPLE BOOKS, TOWN & COUNTRY and OLDIE During Pamela Churchill Harriman's life and even after her death, in 1997, her glamorous social life and infamous erotic adventures overshadowed her true legacy: she was one of the most powerful women of the 20th century. There is practically no-one in politics, culture and fashion whose lives she did not touch: from her father-in-law Winston Churchill to the Kennedys and Gloria Steinem, to Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela but also Christian Dior and Frank Sinatra. Now, for the first time and with a wealth of fresh research, Sonia Purnell unveils the spectacular story of how Harriman left an indelible mark on the world today. 'Rich and riveting' Guardian, Best biographies and memoirs of 2024 'Anna Karenina meets West Wing' Irish Examiner, Books of the Year 'A romp of a read' The Economist 'Superb and fascinating' Lady Anne Glenconner, bestselling author of Lady in Waiting 'Rigorous but rollicking' New York Times 'An incredible story, beautifully told ... Quite a woman, quite a read' Alastair Campbell [WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE thumbnail]
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Sonia Purnell is a prize-winning and bestselling biographer. Her latest work Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, power & intrigue, was published to huge media acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Purnell is interested in setting the record straight on twentieth-century women whose lives have been overlooked, misrepresented or misunderstood by history, works that led to her recently being described as 'one of the most accomplished biographers of our time' (Liza Mundy). Her work on Virginia Hall, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy, won the 2020 Plutarch Award for Best Biography and was a New York Times bestseller. Her book First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill was a book of the year in the Daily Telegraph and Independent, and was shortlisted for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography. Her first book, Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition, was longlisted for the Orwell prize.