Life of the Party : Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman

by Christopher Ogden

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751513490
• ISBN13: 9780751513493
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Warner
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.4" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Pamela Harriman: Behind the scenes

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.