Book

The Woman Who Knew Everyone

The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess

Meryl Gordon

2025

Grand Central Publishing

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Perle Mesta laughing at a dinner party.

Washington’s Hostess with the Mostes’

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on January 20, 2025

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