Princess

Jean Sasson captures the flavour and reality of life in a country full of extremes and contradictions. Priness "Sultana", a real Saudi princess closely related to the King, lives those contradictions, with priceless jewels, many servants, unlimited funds at her disposal, but no freedom. A prisoner in a gilded cage with no vote, no control, no value but as a mother of sons, she is totally at the mercy of the men in her life… her father, her brother, her husband. For the first time, a royal Saudi woman opens the door to give readers an unvarnished look inside a closed society. "Sultana" lifts the veil on the shocking world of forced marriages, sex slavery, honour killings and other outrages against women, both royal and common.