Pamela Churchill Harriman has had three husbands and many male admirers, married Americans being her forte. Her first husband, Randolph Churchill, proposed the day after they met, when she was 18. The marriage was a disaster, and at 20 she had a wartime fling with the wealthy American diplomat, Averill Harriman, 30 years her senior. Many liaisons later, her high-society life reached a climax when she became US Ambassador in Paris. In 1991 Christopher Ogden was appointed by Pamela Harriman to ghost her autobiography. The arrangement was abandoned, and this unauthorized biography is the result.
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Pamela Harriman: Behind the scenes,
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Ogden has done a masterful job in telling the Pamela Harriman story. He had the good fortune to interview Pamela at length (before she decided she wanted to write a political journal with herself at the center, instead of an autobiography with Ogden's help) and he helps us understand the motives behind her love affairs and marriages. An experienced journalist, Ogden writes well and objectively. It remains a mystery to readers of all of Pamela's biographies exactly what made her fascinating to some of the world's most important and successful men. I guess you had to be there. If you are interested in reading about a "courtesan" who continually reinvented herself and was finally rewarded with the job of her dreams - Ambassador to France - this is the book to read. In essence, she was a minor player who cast a big shadow thanks to her relentless self-promotion and ability to enchant otherwise smart, powerful men.
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