The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess by Meryl Gordon

The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess

Meryl Gordon

485 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction biography medium-paced
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"Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday - the 1940's, 50's and 60's - this extremely wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. R...

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