Jackie and Maria : a novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas
by Paul, Gill, 1960- (Author)
Summary
"Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband while recovering from the birth of a stillborn child. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes. Maria Callas is at the height of he... Full description
Summary: |
"Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband while recovering from the birth of a stillborn child. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's introduced to Aristotle Onassis, the world's richest man and her fellow Greek. Stuck in a childless, sexless marriage, and with pressures on all sides from opera house managers and a hostile press, she finds her life being turned upside down by this hyper-intelligent and impeccably charming man. Little by little, Maria's and Jackie's lives begin to overlap, and they come closer and closer until everything they know about the world changes on a dime"-- |
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Item Description: |
Includes historical afterword and discussion questions. |
Physical Description: |
446, 22 pages ; 21 cm |
ISBN: |
9780062952493 0062952498 |
Author Notes: |
Gill Paul is an historical fiction author who enjoys specialising in recent history. Her novel, The Secret Wife, is about the romance between cavalry officer Dmitri Malama and Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second daughter of Russia¿s last tsar, who first met in 1914. It¿s also about a young woman in 2016 deciding whether to forgive her husband after an infidelity. Her other novels include: Women and Children First, The Affair, and No Place for a Lady. Gill also authors historical non-fiction, These titles include: A History of Medicine in 50 Objects, and a sereis of Love Stories, each containing fourteen stories of real-life couples: how they met and why they fell in love. This series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. Gill Paul was born and raised in Glasbow. She studied medicine, English and History at Glasgow University. She soon moved to London to work in publishing. She founded her own company turning out books for publishers and editing such works as Griff Ryhs Jones, John Suchet, and Ray Mears. She also writes on health and nutrition. (Bowker Author Biography) |