In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera Maria Callas is known simply as la
divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice instinctive flair for the dramatic and
striking beauty she's the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. Yet her fame has
been hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her Maria
learned early in life how to protect herself. When she meets the fabulously rich shipping
magnate Aristotle Onassis her isolation melts away. For the first time in her life she
believes she's found a man who sees the woman rather than the legendary soprano. Desperately in
love Onassis introduces her to a life of unbelievable luxury mixing with celebrities like
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. And then suddenly it's
over. The international press announce that Onassis will marry the most famous woman in the
world former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy leaving Maria to pick up the pieces. In this
remarkable novel Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talent unremitting
drive and natural chic made her a legend. But it was only in confronting the heartbreak of
losing the man she loved that Maria Callas found her true voice.
