Princess
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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the book Princess by Jean Sasson.
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian Princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a golden cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a barer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country. Sultana is a member of the Saudi Royal family, closely related to the king. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the risk of speaking out about life of women in her country, regardless of her rank. She must hide her identity for fear that the religious leaders in her Country would call for her death to punish her honesty. Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being revealed and punished, despite her cloak and anonymity. Sultana tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage—a happy one uintil her husband decided to displace her by taking a second wife-- and the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie within the confines of the women's quarters, they also share a history of appalling oppression, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations; thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the women's room, a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them. By speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and the heads of her children. But by telling her story to Jean Sasson. Sultana has allowed us to see beyond the veil of this secret society to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme.
Princess Goodreads page
Princess was first published in 1992 with several re-publishings, one in 2004 and one on January 1st 2010 by Windsor-Brooke Books LLC. I went looking for this book in my local Waterstones after I'd finished reading tit at my local library, I bought a copy of the secondary book, Daughters of Arabia and the third Desert Royal. Like the other two books I really like this book for showing a different and hidden side to those living in Saudi Arabia. I highly recommend this book to all readers, especially teenagers and lovers of history and biographies, and I give the book an 8/10.
Jean Sasson was born in Troy Alabama, US in 1950 and having grown up in a small town she found adventure between the pages of several books. The urge for adventure inspired Sasson to work and travel abroad. Sasson met her husband Peter at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh whilst working as an administrative co-ordinator of Medical affairs. Sasson had made several friends in the middle east including several members of the Al-Saud royal family. One that stands out is “Princess Sultana” the princess behind the Princess Trilogy. Sasson as written several other stories based out of the Middle-East and is currently based in Atlanta Georgia, Sasson's website is down in the Bibliography below.
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