In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley : The Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle - Softcover

Smith, Sally Bedell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067174917X ISBN 13: 9780671749170

Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1991

Synopsis

A portrait of television's greatest tycoon draws from hundreds of interviews, capturing the man behind the scenes

About this title

About the Author:

Sally Bedell Smith is the author of bestselling biographies of Queen Elizabeth II; William S. Paley; Pamela Harriman; Diana, Princess of Wales; John and Jacqueline Kennedy; and Bill and Hillary Clinton. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter. In 2012, Smith was the recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence. She is the mother of three children and lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Stephen G. Smith.

From Library Journal:

Critics always claimed that former CBS Chairman William S. Paley's As it Happened ( LJ 3/15/79) wasn't how it happened. Here Smith, author of Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV and the Silverman Years ( LJ 7/81), offers an objective discussion of the creation of the "Tiffany Network." Paley, Smith asserts, was often resistant to change; newsman Edward R. Murrow and "power behind the throne" Frank Stanton may have molded the media company more than Paley did. Still, Smith also pays tribute to Paley's shrewd, strong personality, even though it sometimes resulted in megalomania and compulsive womanizing. With its mix of business reportage and gossip about a "brilliant circle" that included wife Babe, Truman Capote, Slim Keith, and David O. Selznick, this book should have wide appeal in public libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/90 as Paley: A Life. --Judy Quinn, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 067174917X
• ISBN 13: 9780671749170
• Binding: Paperback