Heiress: The Story of Christina Onassis

by Nigel Dempster

As heiress to the world's largest fortune, Christina Onassis survived a childhood of pampered neglect but carried the scars of her upbringing to the grave. Her search for happiness ended in a lonely... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555843840
• ISBN13: 9781555843847
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The author knew so much, he could be her shadow!

After seeing a biographical show about Christina Onassis, I became intrigued about the tragic life of one of the world's wealthiest women and picked up this book at my local library. I was very impressed with the way it was written. I began to wonder if Mr. Dempster was her shadow her whole life, for the depth of knowledge was practically disconcerting. It was a fast - moving book with plenty of clarity, maybe a bit too fast - moving, because I read all 170 pages in about three broken-up hours or so. I would have been interested in knowing a bit more about her daughter, Athina, considering that she was actually a large part of her late mother's last few years upon earth. I understand completely it's rather difficult to be creative and offbeat when it comes to a nonfiction work, but the ending could have been better worked. A bit of a post - mortem chapter would have ended the book better, maybe discussing the obituaries written about Christina, or maybe describing what would happen in regards to her inheritance to her daughter. It seemed too callous to end it with something along the lines of "Yeah, her friends all went home. The end." I enjoyed all three hours of this book overall. :)