Diva

New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera,Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voiceinstinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beautyshe was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voiceshe learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her for their own ends. When she met the fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassisfor the first time in her lifeshe believed sheΓÇÖd found someone who saw the woman within the legendary soprano. She fell desperately in love. He introduced her to a life of unbelievable luxuryshowering her with jewels and sojourns in the most fashionable international watering holes with celebrities like Elizabeth TaylorRichard Burton and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. And then suddenlyit was over. The international press announced that Aristotle Onassis would marry the most famous woman in the worldformer First Lady Jacqueline Kennedyleaving Maria to pick up the pieces. In this remarkable novelDaisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talentunremitting 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 and went on to triumph.