Peter Evans's biography of Aristotle Onassis, "Ari," met with great
acclaim when it was published in 1986. Ari provided the world with
an unprecedented glimpse of the Greek shipping magnate's orbit of
dizzying wealth, twisted intrigues, and questionable mores. Not
long after the book appeared, however, Onassis's daughter Christina
and his longtime business partner Yannis Georgakis hinted to Evans
that he had missed the "real story" -- one that proved Onassis's
intrigues had deadly results. "I must begin," Georgakis said, "with
the premise that, for Onassis, Bobby Kennedy was unfinished
business from way back..."
His words launched Evans into the heart of a story that tightly
bound Onassis not to Jackie's first husband, but to his ambitious
younger brother Bobby. A bitter rivalry emerged between Bobby and
Ari long before Onassis and Jackie had even met. "Nemesis" reveals
the tangled thread of events that linked two of the world's most
powerful men in their intense hatred for one another and uncovers
the surprising role played by the woman they both loved. Their
power struggle unfolds against a heady backdrop of international
intrigue: Bobby Kennedy's discovery of the Greek shipping magnate's
shady dealings, which led him to bar Onassis from trade with the
United States; Onassis's attempt to control much of Saudi Arabia's
oil; Onassis's untimely love affair with Jackie's married sister
Lee Radziwill; and his bold invitation to First Lady Jackie to join
him on his yacht -- without the president. Just as the self-made
Greek tycoon gloried in the chance to stir the wrath of the
Kennedys, they struggled unsuccessfully to break his spell over the
woman who held the key to all of theirfutures. After Jack's death,
Bobby became ever closer to Camelot's holy widow, and fought to
keep her from marrying his sworn rival. But Onassis rarely failed
to get what he wanted, and Jackie became his wife shortly after
Bobby was killed.
Through extensive interviews with the closest friends, lovers,
and relatives of Onassis and the Kennedys, longtime journalist
Evans has uncovered the shocking culmination of the
Kennedy-Onassis-Kennedy love triangle: Aristotle Onassis was at the
heart of the plot to kill Bobby Kennedy. Meticulously tracing
Onassis's connections in the world of terrorism, "Nemesis" presents
compelling evidence that he financed the assassination -- including
a startling confession that has gone unreported for nearly three
decades. Along the way, this groundbreaking work also daringly
paints these international icons in all of their true colors. From
Evans's deeply nuanced portraits of the charismatic Greek shipping
magnate and his acquisitive iconic bride to his probing and
revelatory look into the events that shaped an era, "Nemesis" is a
work that will not be soon forgotten.
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