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Sonia Purnell
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 o...view moreSonia 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.view less
Books by Sonia Purnell
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Sonia Purnell
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5