Dimensions
138 x 216 x 45mm
Katharine Graham was brought up in great wealth and privilege, yet she was naive and awkward. She married a man she worshipped - he fascinated and educated her, and then in his illness turned from her, destroying her confidence and happiness. But in her new life as the head of "The Washington Post" she went on to become a woman famous (and feared) in her own right.
Graham's book is populated with a cast of fascinating characters, from fifty years of presidents (and their wives) to the great names of the "Post: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and her editor/partner, Ben Bradlee. She writes of the most dramatic moments of her stewardship - the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, the pressmen's strike - with acuity, humour and good judgement.
An autobiographical masterpiece - frank, sensitive and bubbling with humour, it's a fascinating account by an impressive person.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
