“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 TimesNamed a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, Apple Books, The Economist, Politico, Town & Country, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Spectator, The Telegraph, The Oldie, Irish Examiner, Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, London Standard, and The Times Literary Supplement and a Must-Read Book of Fall 2024 by People MagazineA Los Angeles Times BestsellerFrom 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 playersWhen 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, her true legacy was overshadowed by a glamorous social life and her infamous erotic adventures. Much of...

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