"Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia" - Jean P Sasson 1992


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Is "Princess Sultana's Daughter's" the second or third title in the series, they seem to retail under different names here in the UK?

My uncle worked in Saudi Arabia as a physician for one of the princes and his family, and while he never named them personally he had said that one of the princesses he treated claimed to "know" the identity of Sultana. Whether she was telling the truth or merely making a claim to fame is anybody's guess but apparently quite a few of the royals did believe the books to be one woman's story.

I wasn't aware of the idea that the books are an amalgamation of stories.
 
Jean Sasson is a respected writer, not a fool or a gossip monger. She has written those books with a purpose and that is to show life from the eyes of a princess of that area. If she says this woman came to her, and wished to show this world, she did a good job. Life for the Saudi Royals is very good. They have the access of the world at their feet. Life for average women might not be so. If you cannot do simple things, like drive or leave your home unescorted, than it is more complicated. So as not to offend anyone, I will leave that there.
 
well, sultana mentions in her book that she and her husband are worth $900 million...and that she has 21000 members in her family...so $250 million is believable:)
 
The Book of Jean Sasson"The Princess"

After I've read the book of Jean Sasson,I got a little confused because it reveals some shocking things.First of all,the author of the book reflects the view of a Princess on condition of the women in the Muslim world.The real princess doesn't reveal her name in order to protect herself and her daughters.But some facts I came across are very violent and disputable.
I wonder if the book is a reliable source and if the princess ever revealed her name.
 
I was reading this book yersterday, I'm on the fence on whether this book is accurate or not. Since the Princess doesn't reveal her true name, the facts and figures cannot have as much credibility. I noticed that a couple of facts are a little exagerrated, and the time frame seems to skip pretty frequently.
 
The book was already discussed at TRF several times. It's not reliable.
...I ask you not to blame the Saudi Arabian princess, for she does not even exist. You readers have all been duped. Princess Sultana and all her relatives were simply made up by money greedy author Jean Sasson herself, and her publishers. The Princess trilogy is one big hoax. And Jean Sasson must surely be the 21st Century's biggest American literary hoaxer.
A three times divorced fraudster who, without permission, dared to used the unpublished 'copy written' autobiography an Austrian woman had written. This woman was married for 23 years to a diplomat from Kuwait and with the information from this woman's manuscript Sasson styled and wrote the Princess books.
More info about hoax see here.
 
The book was already discussed at TRF several times. It's not reliable.
More info about hoax see here.

Thank you for providing the link! :) I have read the first two "Princess"-books and was very impressed by them. Although I had never before heard of anyone doubting their veracity, I am, of course, aware that such things do happen.


But, having read the accounts of Adsani and Sasson, I am by no means convinced that, in this case, they actually DID happen. I mean, Adsani lost her case in court. And the fact that she blames the „American female Judge“ for having taken a „diabolical decision“ in dismissing her claims, same as her complaints about the American Justice System in general (that in her description hardly ever seems to get it right) do not really impress me. Of course, it might well be possible that Sasson is a fraud (although I cannot see anything dishonorable in the mere fact of her having been divorced three times and in having no children, as Adsani seems to suggest). But in Adsani`s story there is not only one villain, but three of them, and of the darkest kind to boot: the judge, Sasson and Deborah Moggach. And that is a bit much, IMO. And I have to add that Adsani does not win my sympathies either by describing Moggach as „plain looking and horsy“. We cannot all look like Angelina Jolie, and the attractivity of Moggach´s person (or the lack thereof) is really nothing to the purpose.


I repeat that till today I knew absolutely nothing of the matter, this is only my first impression upon reading the given statements of the persons concerned. And I suppose that all this has already been dealt with in the TRF discussions you mentioned. Can you please tell me where I can find them?
Thank you! :flowers:
 
The books have nothing to do with the reality of the daily lives of Saudi Princesses. There are so many royals in Saudi and those books just tell one Princess's story they are all very different it all depends on how they were brought up
 
The"PRINCESS" trilogy written by author Jean P. Sasson ...

The book was already discussed at TRF several times. It's not reliable.
More info about hoax see here.
Hello Kasumi, thank you for discussing existing doubts about the originality concerning princess Sultana the Saudi Arabian princess who supposed asked american author Jean P. Sasson to write her autobigraphy, hence the "Princess" trilogy.
I like to let you as well as all members of Royal Forums know there is now "The Phoney Princess" book on Amazon which tells and explains in detail the whole veiled story behind the "Princess Sultana" bestseller-fiction trilogy. Surprise is guaranteed.
Thank you.
 
your assumption about the "Princess" books is correct

Hi.I watched this special on ABC like 6 months ago on Saudi Royals.First of the show commented upon how there are about 4000 royal members in Saudi Royal family.The family is worth close to 25 billion dollars.One royal member (don't remember his name) was worth close 250 million dollars.They showed his life style and how his family was living, and let me say this, Donald Trump watch your back!:) The family was vacationing in Miami and the princes wife looked like any other female walking down the street.The program also talked about other royal members, and how many of them drink!:eek:

They did a segment on this one Saudi princess who went clubbing and so on. Many pictures were also brodcasted, all the princess' resembled Lindsay Lohan!(attire wise.) Almost all of the Saudi Royals visit U.S regularly, for vacations, parties and etc.One of the royal members also came on Opera and talked about her freedom.Another Kawaiti Royal member (also on Opera) said that many of her friends go to France to buy their wedding gowns.

Anyways, the point of all this info was to say that from all that I have heard and seen, Saudi female Royal members have a lot of freedom.I have not read any of the books you guys are talking about, and quite honestly don't plan to. The respected princess who wrote this book and claims that she was abused or neglected as a child sure seems to be very confident now.How come she wasn't scared when she was writting this book, after all she saw what happend to her friends? I assume the Lady is still alive, so how come she wasn't killed, we all know how cruel the Saudi Royal family is.:rolleyes: I don't believe these stories are true. Sure maybe one or two, but they probably have been exagerated to sell the book.(someone mentioned this possibility.) I am just voicing my concern and don't mean to offend anyone with what I've said.:)

POLOP, there is no, there never was a princess Sultana from Saudi Arabia who asked Jean Sasson to write her lifestory in the "Princess" trilogy. In a new book "The Phoney Princess" (availiable on Amazon) it tells in great detail how there never was a real life princess involved in writing those hoax books.
 
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POLOP, there is no, there never was a princess Sultana from Saudi Arabia who asked Jean Sasson to write her lifestory in the "Princess" trilogy. In a new book "The Phoney Princess" (availiable on Amazon) it tells in great detail how there never was a real life princess involved in writing those hoax books.

hi Friederike-Monika, given your name....are you by any chance the writer of that book?
 
Houri you are correct "Princess" is a fake.

even if she did wrote under a different name , when saudi authorities want to get her they will do , maybe she is not even from saudi arabia loooool , it is amazing what people can do to make money .

Houri, if you have read any of Jean Sasson's Princess-books and found them to be unrealistic then you ought to read "The Phoney Princess" (availiable on Amazon) which explains in detail by whom with whom and how Jean Sasson's Princess hoax book's were created.
 
What is shocking about it ?

hi victoria1999... i haven't read the books but maybe you can tell us what was shocking about it??

also --- do you thing the author may have exaggerated in order to sell more books in the West?

Well, I think the most shocking thing about the Princess Sultana books is surely the fact that those books are not true and that they were made up to further stir negative propaganda and of course to make money from unsuspecting western readers who know painfully little when it comes to Middle Eastern history and customs especielly those of close knit royal circles.
 
I read those books many years ago and it didn't surprise me. I read a lot of other books about women and Islam after that as well. I was living in Amsterdam at the time and I read quite a bit back then. I think the actions would have surprised me more if I had not been living in Europe. I enjoyed reading them but they are indeed the exception and not the example from what I have read. cheers Cyndi
 
lenora the article concerning Death Of A Princess is indeed very informative and of course also very well written so my hat of to you for posting it and of course also the author.
But let's ask a question, " Is the information we have all there is about this case?" I will repeat here a little of what I wrote about it in "The Phoney Princess".
I mentioned some of the the wispers and gossip that emerged from Saudi Arabia at the time suggesting this unfortunate princess was actually married to a much older Saudi prince and that it was questionable if the figure that cowered in the arrid desert sand clad from head to toe in a black abaya in readyness to be executed, was really the princess or did some other ciminal person male/feale have to stand in for her? Someone no daubt who under normal circumstances would have been executed for his/her unrelated crime some other day. In Saudi Arabia the religious police who exposed tis princesses secret liaison, is indeed very powerful but the last word in such a case rests at the top of the royal table. For all we know, this princess might have been send to an Arab country lke Lebanon with an entourage of personal staff untill the story blew over and then returned to the fold. She might be married, happy, have children......
 
I have read the last two and I found it interesting to read about the Saudi royal family and about the sultan's younger sister.
 
The books are very interesting and I dobt that the author is posting on this site. Sorry. And, I think, from perosnal knowledge, that this is more the norm than not. I would not like to be a female in Saudi Arabia. Very restrictive and archaic.
 
To Friederike Monika, I understand you have also accused other writers of stealing your work.

Why didn't you go to England to pursue the case against Deborah Moggach? Would you explain.
 
I cannot find your book, was it pulled off Amazon? Why is it no longer available?
 
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