Those Fabulous Greeks, Onassis, Niarchos, and Livanos
Lilly, Doris. Those Fabulous Greeks, Onassis, Niarchos, and Livanos, Three of the World’s Richest Men. First English Edition. 1971. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
Few writers were better positioned to chronicle the world of the great Greek shipping dynasties than Doris Lilly, whose society columns and bestselling books made her a trusted observer of the international set. More importantly, she knew the principals personally. Here she recounts the intertwined lives of Aristotle Onassis, Stavros Niarchos, and Stavros Livanos, three of the 20th Century’s most powerful shipping magnates. Their business dealings were complicated enough; their family relationships even more so. Onassis and Niarchos married sisters, both became sons-in-law of Livanos, and their rivalries played out across boardrooms, yachts, newspaper headlines, and drawing rooms. Lilly approaches the story with the authority of a firsthand witness and the instincts of a born raconteur. The result is an entertaining portrait of a world where vast fortunes and personal dramas were rarely kept separate.
"A month [after the dissolution of their marriage] Charlotte [Ford] and Stavros [Niarchos] were back together at El Morocco, causing most of us to observe that if the marriage didn't work, the divorce was a success."
--Doris Lilly