Greek Fire by Nicholas Gage
The love affair of two twentieth-century icons - creators of their own grand opera. Onassis, one-time Anatolian refugee, built one of the world's 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 Onassis's yacht during which the union was cemented ('It was as if a fire were consuming them both', remarked Maria's 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 Gage's riveting book.' Classic FM - The Magazine 'Gage . . .tells this tale with a magisterial authority.' Hugh Massingberd, Mail on Sunday
Widely respected writer and journalist Nicholas Gage has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and is producer of several major motion pictures. Author of the international bestsellers Eleni and Eleni's children (Transworld), Greek by birth and now resident in the US, intimates and family members of both Callas and Onassis have talked to him as never before, many for the first time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330484442 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330484443 |
| Title | Greek Fire |
| Author | Nicholas Gage |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2001-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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