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  • Pamela Harriman: Of Vice and Men

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    Pamela Harriman: Of Vice and Men

    Could the man after whom this magazine was named have a female equivalent? Originally published in Issue 40 of The Rake, Stuart Husband writes that Pamela Harriman, a woman of aristocratic stock, blazed a trail through the international scene of her era, enticing powerful men like moths to a particularly feisty flame.

  • Bill and Babe Paley: The Royalty Of Revelry

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    Bill and Babe Paley: The Royalty Of Revelry

    Media mogul William S. Paley and his socialite wife Barbara ‘Babe’ Cushing Mortimer Paley were more than just a complex ‘It’ couple — their famous New York soirées took American style and glamour to dizzying new heights.

  • A Tribute to Sir David Tang

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    A Tribute to Sir David Tang

    Entrepreneur, businessman, socialite, columnist and philanthropist, Sir David Tang was a man of the world with innumerable interests. The Rake pays its respects…

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