Kingmaker - Pamela Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power

Sonia Purnell raises disturbing and enduring questions about constraints of female influence, emotional duplicity and sexual exploitation>

About the author

Sonia Purnell is a prize-winning and bestselling biographer, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Purnell, Purnell Sonia, SONIA PURNELL
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9780349014753
• ISBN: 978-0-349-01475-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History: specific events & topics, Fiction: special features, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Narrative theme: Politics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, History: specific events and topics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military