"Fascinating.one is compelled to read just one more page, one more chapter once one has started this Arabian nightmare." - Oxford Review "Absolutely riveting and profoundly sad." - People "A fascinating look at the lifestyles of the rich and Saudi." - Kirkus Reviews
Although Sultana lives with constant fear of retribution, her passion to provide her daughters a better life transcends her fear and fuels her desire for change. Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being revealed and punished. She must hide her identity for fear that the religious leaders in her country would call for her death to punish her honesty. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country, regardless of their rank. Sultana is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the king. But she has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, born to uncountable wealth. The Princess Trilogy consists of Princess, A True Story Princess Sultana's Daugthers and Princess Sultana's Circle. In her courageous campaign to improve the lot of her own daughters of Arabia, Princess Sultana once more strikes a chord amongst all women who are lucky enough to have the freedom to speak out for themselves.
Throughout, however, Sultana never tires of her quest to expose the injustices which her society levels against women. We learn, for example, of the fascinating ritual of the world-famous annual pilgrimage to Makkah as we accompany the princess and her family to this holiest of cities. Their dramatic and shocking stories, together with many more which concern other members of Princess Sultana's huge family, are set against a rich backcloth of Saudi Arabian culture and social mores which re depicted with equal color and authenticity. Surrounded by untold opulence and luxury from the day they were born and which they take for granted, but stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed o them they have reacted in equally desperate ways.
As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have never known the poverty, which their grandparents experienced as children.
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