The ';Princess ';trilogy by Jean Sasson?

I've just finished reading these books and am just a bit sceptical...To those of you who've read them...is any of it true or is it just a clever ruse to sell more books? If it is true, then what are your feelings on the atrocities perpetrated against innocent women?


Also...does the wealth of the Al Saud royal family not seem obscene to you?The ';Princess ';trilogy by Jean Sasson?
i didnt read it, but there are many similar books that i can never read. it is very fake or though some can be true, but it is exaggerated and give you an impression that the whole culture is like that, which is very misleading.





if you are interested to read something true, you can read ';Girls From Riyadh';. Though the story went through big criticism, but it gives you one lifestyle that is very true in saudi.





from the non-fiction, there is a famous very old issue from national geographic and the cover story was saudi women:


Women of Saudi Arabia,” October 1987, National Geographic magazine





i got hold of one issue, and was impressed. the reason it was good that it was unbiased and it was written by an american lady who lived for many years in saudi arabia. she wrote both good and bad sides. though it was 1987 but it sounds 10 times better from what you can hear in the global media today.The ';Princess ';trilogy by Jean Sasson?
I've read the books. Its pretty much 98.75% fake. Right now, Saudi Arabia is put under the american spotlight because it pretty much owns 49.87% of American wealth (in investments), a number that has been only recently touted around by big names such as CNN and FOXnews. Personally, living in the kingdom is great. I dont care how much the Al-Saud have. But the only objection I have to that is that most of it should belong to the king and his next-to-the-throne, Prince Sultan. But its pretty much distilled between many many princes and princesses. In 2006, it has been estimated that King Fahad was unofficially the world's richest man, with an estimated $500 Bil. USD estimated by Forbes mag.





So no, its not obscene to me, just because I dont have it, doesnt mean I should ridicule them for having alot of it. Its god's mercy on them and a test, to see how they use their money. Right now, I hate to generalise, but the majority of them are abusing it. but there are some who go out of their way to spend the majority of their funds in charitable work and for the people. May Allah bless the King and the Kingdom!
The books are fake, but believe me the house of saud are probably more messed up in real life than in those books