Book : Read My Pins

Read My Pins — Madeleine Albright As U.S. secretary of state from 1993 to 2001, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997, Madeleine Albright has represented the United States at the highest levels of international diplomacy. Did her counterparts in other nations realize they could gain significant insights into her positions by noticing and interpreting the pins she was known for wearing? Part illustrated memoir, part social history, Read My Pins provides an intimate look at Albright's life through the brooches she wore - - some from the dime store, some from international designers and her own family's heirlooms. Compelling and often humorous stories with over 200 photographs. Wonderful book for the historian, jewelry collector or anyone. Madeleine Albright . Melcher Media. 2009 Hard cover. 178 pages.

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