The Fabulous Onassis His Life and Loves Author:Christian Cafarakis, Jacques Harvey Short biography of Aristotle Onassis, the famous Greek tycoon. Translated from the French by John Minahan. Impressively illustrated with 16p of B&W photos. — Behind the scenes story of Aristotle Onassis by his "Man Friday" of ten years, detailing the life of the Greek shipping magnate's courtship and marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy (Mrs. JFK), as ... more »well as his stormy, tempestuous ten-year love affair with Maria Callas.
The Fabulous Onassis tells about a man who is extravagant but penny-pinching, tyrannical but just, hardheaded but softhearted. It is the greatest rags-to-riches story of our time, of the man whose beginnings were humble and who came to marry the Princess of Camelot.
Read of the clandestine courtship of Jacqueline Kennedy and their turbulent marriage that blossomed into a deep love; the headline-making marriage contract, according to which Onassis must give his wife $10,000,000 for each year of marriage if he decides to leave her; Onassis' heartwarming and touching friendship with Sir Winston Churchill; and the story behind his breakup with Princess Grace and Prince Rainier.
And more: Ari and the Beautiful People aboard the Christina, the world's most remarkable private yacht; Ari the businessman coolly outsmarting the U.S. Government to the tune of 23 ships; Ari the multimillionaire using Olympic Airways (which he owns) to pick up his shirts in Athens for the only laundry in the world privileged to wash them, and Ari the lover raining a helicopterful of red roses over Jackie Onassis' house on their island of Skorpios.