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Title: The Last Great Courtesan of the 20th Century
Review: A former reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES has delved into one of the most fascinating lives of any woman who lived in the 20th century. Pamela, of course, became the duenna of the Democratic Party and helped Bill Clinton get elected president. Before that, this English debutante burst onto the scene at the dawn of World War II, when she married Sir Winston's dissolute son, Randolph Churchill. That was the beginning of a line of lovers that included Elie de Rothschild, Stavros Niarchos, Jock Whitney, Prince Aly Khan, Gianni Agnelli---each a tabloid name of his day. She managed to have an affair with Frank Sinatra and also managed to marry Leland Hayward, the famous Broadway producer. She was the wife of the aging Averell Harriman, a wealthy former governor of New York and former U.S. ambassador to Russia. Pamela had them all, and Smith spins a lively tale as to how she pulled off each these complicated affairs.
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