{"product_id":"greek-fire-the-story-of-maria-callas-and-aristotle-onassis-9780375402449","title":"Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe love affair of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis scandalized and fascinated the world from the moment it began in 1959 during a cruise on the fabled yacht Christina. In the decades since  dozens of books have been written about the incandescent diva who transformed opera and the Promethean tycoon who revolutionized international shipping  but none has focused on the tempestuous relationship between them  which is widely thought to have collapsed following Onassis celebrated marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968.  Now  Nicholas Gage  author of the acclaimed international best-seller Eleni and a former investigative reporter for the New York Times  gives us the first and only full account of this fateful romance  presenting startling new information he has uncovered. Gage was able to persuade the couples associates  relatives  and close friends--some of whom had never spoken before--to share their most intimate recollections. He also gained access to some of Callas most private papers  which provide an utterly new view of her personal life. His narrative shows us that the Callas and Onassis relationship  far from being a passing dalliance  was in fact the deepest and longest-lasting emotional commitment either of them ever knew.  Gage meticulously reconstructs the events leading to the affair  from Callas and Onassis first meeting at a masked ball in Venice in 1957 to the tycoons pursuit of her throughout Europe  culminating in the 1959 cruise. It was during this three-week summer holiday  hosted by Onassis and his wife  Tina  that Aristotle and Marias daily encounters ignited passions before the alarmed eyes of the crew and other illustrious guests  including Sir Winston and Lady Churchill. We follow the couple through the ensuing press hysteria and the rancor of their shattered marriages; the days of bliss and battles on the island hideaway of Skorpios; the agonizing deterioration of Callas voice; and the strange covert courtship Onassis conducted prior to his marriage to the widow of the American president  a surprise that stunned the world once again and nearly destroyed Callas.  Within days of his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy  Onassis was back at Marias door. Although they were never to marry  the relationship between the tycoon and the diva  Gage reveals  would continue and deepen  through tragedies and trials  until the end of their lives.  Penetrating the mass of published misinformation concerning his subjects  Nicholas Gage gives us the most reliable account ever of these legendary figures  a brilliant dual biography of two icons of the golden age of glamour. Greek Fire is an operatic spectacle of desire and loss  certain to transform our understanding of some of the most compelling personalities ever to capture our imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647090090037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375402446","price":24.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375402449.jpg?v=1781688624","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/greek-fire-the-story-of-maria-callas-and-aristotle-onassis-9780375402449","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}