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
their futures. 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.