Greek Fire : The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis

Greek Fire : The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis by Nicholas Gage. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780330484442.

The love affair of two twentieth-century icons - creators of their own grand opera. Onassis, one-time Anatolian refugee, built one of the worlds greatest shipping fortunes; his life defined the jet set. Callas, defiantly Greek yet Manhattan-born, was acclaimed as the Voice of the Century. Almost as famously, she transformed not only opera but herself from dumpy, awkward ingenue to iconic sylph. Together, they shared a love that was passionate, volatile and ill-fated - yet indelible. A day-by-day recreation of the infamous 1959 cruise aboard Onassiss yacht during which the union was cemented (It was as if a fire were consuming them both, remarked Marias forsaken husband), and many intimates and family members speaking frankly for the first time, make this the definitive account. The legend has been spectacularly revived by Gages riveting book. Classic FM - The Magazine Gage ...tells this tale with a magisterial authority. Hugh Massingberd, Mail on Sunday