Biography of pamela churchill harriman
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How Pamela Harriman Charmed Her Way to the Top
The life of Pamela Harriman (above, with her third husband Averell Harriman and Jackie Kennedy Onassis in 1974) was huge, even for her biographer.
Biography of pamela churchill harriman
“At certain points,” says Sonia Purnell, the author of the new book Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue, “I thought, What have I taken on here?”
Harriman blazed a singular path across politics and power.
She was born the daughter of an English baron, became an indispensable advisor to Winston Churchill during World War II after marrying his son Randolph, romanced Gianni Agnelli, Edward R. Murrow, Stavros Niarchos, and Elie de Rothschild, married Broadway producer Leland Hayward and statesman Averell Harriman, became a social force in London, New York, Washington, and Paris, and eventually ascended to become the doyenne of the Democratic Party and President Clinton’s ambassador to France.
(She died in 1997 after suffering a cerebral hemorrha