Kingmaker
Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
“A thorough account of Harriman’s rise which also manages to be a brisk, twisty read … riveting and revelatory.” —The New Yorker
“Rigorous but rollicking.” —The New York Times
Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by Apple Books, The Economist, Town & Country, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Telegraph, The Oldie, and The Times Literary Supplement and a Must-Read Book of Fall 2024 by People Magazine
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’s greatest unsung power players
When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were predictably scathing – and many were downright sexist. Written off as a mere courtesan and social climber,…