The Princess Trilogy was a great read inspite of the atrocities that were mentioned. I also enjoyed the history of Saudi Arabia and the royal family's origin.

The bravery of this woman is brilliant. I have read only two of the three books. She has overcome remarkable odds to open the eyes of all women to what goes on in Saudi Arabia with women. Jean P. Sasson has proven beyond all doubt that the pen is mightier than the sword. What these two women have done is remarkable. I was wondering, does Princess Sultana's Circle come on audio cassette or cd perhaps?? I wanted to get copies of these books on audio cassettes or cds for friends. BRAVO!!!!!

Yocheved Cook

Excellent read . Makes me glad I am an Autralian able to live a free life. Could not put it down.

This story is written simply but soon captivates the reader by taking them into the mysterious palace, heart and world of an Arabian princess. I was pleased to discover a well told story that gave me a light but unprotected look at Sultana's world and the culture of her nation. American women are generally aware that Middle Eastern women live under great restriction. What we don't see is how they live with it, feel about it, rationalize it or deal with it when it becomes too much. This book gave me a sense of understanding from a point of view other than my own very American one. I found myself understanding the weights that tug at the hearts and manners of these women. For American women, to defy is ordinary and not typically met with resistance. This story follows the fuel that ignited the courage to stand up to long standing injustice... no matter the cost. Admittedly, it was an easy read but it did it did offer some cultural education.

I highly recommend reading the Princess Trilogy. I had a hard time putting the book down. It's a really easy read.

My review is the same as I gave for the book "Princess" It is very good

This book was not better then the first book in the series but definately beter then the 2nd one. I found the story boring at time as some issues that were already discussed in the fist book where discussed again in the 3rd book. Other then that it was a good continuation.

Goodpasture, I simply had to share with you that I happen to know that the princess supports over 700 needy families, from feeding them to educating their children to tending to their health care. In fact, in the book, if you finished reading it, tells how her son bought a business in Pakistan and set the young woman up as the owner, where she is prospering. Although she did stay in the princess' sister's home for a while, it was explained in the book that they were afraid to send her home, that her parents might resell her. Everything takes time. I know two princesses extremely well, one from Saudi Arabia and one from Kuwait, and both are extremely generous and help people all over the world. I'm sorry you had such a negative opinion of the princess, but like I said, I'm confused that you didn't read on to see that indeed she did change the young woman's life in a very wonderful manner. Just because the princess is extremely wealthy and does enjoy her personal wealth, she gives away a mind-boggling amount of money, and for good causes. I just thought you would like to know, as well as others, so you would not feel so disappointed and angry at the princess over an impression that is not reality. Also, many things are not told in the books as some things would give her identity away on the spot.

Princess Sultana really disappointed me in her third book. Sorry if I can't give her a pat on the back for her efforts. She saves a young girl who is in the process of being gang raped by her nephew and his friends and then gives her a job as a servant in her home, as if it's some huge favor. Trying to save a child from a gang of rapists, at minimal risk to oneself, is to be expected of any decent human being. What would have invited applause would have been if she had used her wealth and position to take action against the perpetrators to prevent future victims and to give that child back her diginity. In reading her other books I know that Princess Sultana is very aware of the prevalence of sexual slavery of young women in the Middle East (it goes on everywhere). Keep in mind that in a lot of cultures it's routine to beat and humiliate servants. I doubt, very seriously, that it would have bankrupted the "princess" to have sent that child off to school which would truly have been emancipation. I found this incident to be egregiously stingy. It smacks of some hoity-toity rich woman who is insulated in her own surreal microcosm (probably surrounded by sycophants: watch Sunset Blvd) with a tenuous grip on reality. I'm going to venture that based on her descriptions of her shopping sprees she could probably comfortably educate at least 100 young women rescued from sexual slavery.

This is the third book in the Princess trilogy. I raced through the book in two days. Princess Sultana's Circle goes more into situations, which Sultana tries to fix such as freeing a harem of women or saving her niece from a forced marriage to a disgusting older man. Princess Sultana finally emerges victorious in her struggle to help out somebody. In this book they also go over the holy month of Ramadan, camping in the desert, and shopping in New York.

The author does such a great job of making everything in this book so real and colorful that you feel like you are there. I would recommend any of the Princess books. I would suggest that it is always fun to start reading from the beginning of the trilogy because you get a good feel for all the characters. Great book!

This is the third book in the Princess trilogy. I raced through the book in two days. Princess Sultana's Circle goes more into situations, which Sultana tries to fix such as freeing a harem of women or saving her niece from a forced marriage to a disgusting older man. Princess Sultana finally emerges victorious in her struggle to help out somebody. In this book they also go over the holy month of Ramadan, camping in the desert, and shopping in New York.

The author does such a great job of making everything in this book so real and colorful that you feel like you are there. I would recommend any of the Princess books. I would suggest that it is always fun to start reading from the beginning of the trilogy because you get a good feel for all the characters. Great book!

I found this book to be very shallow. Princess Sultana's circle is an overindulged group of royal females who recognize the Arab woman as abused and degraded. They consider themselves helpless in saving their fellow woman in a nation driven by the superior male. She travels in private jets to different countries, spends $328,000.00 at a time at Bergdorf Goodman's in New York, and sucumms to alcholism. Her heroic feat was to stop a rape, and take the vicitim to a doctor. Princess Sultana has alot more work to do before she should consider herself a hero.

This last book of Jean Sasson's is every bit as fascinating as the first two. I only wish that Jean Sasson and Princess Sultana would continue to collaborate and produce their writings on a more frequent basis. Just when I think I have an understanding of the Saudi Arabian culture, Princess Sultana gives us even more of an eye opener. Amazing detail, with sometimes subtle humor. Not to mention sometimes very disturbing examples of cruelty to women.

My first impression from this writing is that it is more of a fiction than a reality. As there are many parts of this story that seem contradictory and do not make sense. Whether this text is fiction or fantasy is debatable; but what is certain is the known truth of the utter disregard and violations of women's rights in the Middle East. From having met and spoken with a few friends the confessions are much the same; their subjection to being a secondary class citizens. In many cases animals have more rights than the women there; the preceding statement may sound very insensitive; for which I apologize. It is something that we should expect from a closed society where all issues are buried in the hearts of people. On the whole I found it an entertaining read as it opens ones eyes to the conditions faced there.

If you enjoyed the Princess series you should read a newly released book by an American woman who worked in Saudi Arabia as a young , single blue-eyed blonde. Her tale is quite different from Sultana's as she confronted many of the circumstances Sultana describes as a liberated Western woman. Her misadventures are an intimate and funny account of her life and times in Arabia. Her encounters with Saudi men are very revealing. The book"Single in Saudi" by Genia(witch or she-devil ) in Arabic is a fascinating and humorous look into this secretive society from the perspective of an American feminist raling against and breaking most of the rules in the Kingdom.

Princess Sultana's Circle is the third book of Jean Sasson's biographical accounts of a Saudi Royal's life. To be honest, Princess and Princess Sultana's Daughters were better books. However, if you enjoyed those, you will enjoy this one too.

There is far less of a focus on women's rights in this book, and it reads like a series of anecdotes from Sultana's life. However, the extravagant lifestyle and the restrictive (by Western standards) customs of the Saudi Arabian elite make for interesting reading.

In this book, Princess Sultana learns a bit more about herself, as she visits Bedouin tent villages, attends her niece's wedding to a much older man, and battles with alcoholism. The title refers to a protective circle of women, which Sultana asks us to form whenever we see women in trouble.

Why is this the one?

1)Tell the truth about some Arab women who are completely helpless and submissive when it comes to men.
2)It also shows how intelligent these women are and how they need to be secretive, manipulative (in a good way), to get justice.
3) That without family who will support you- you are pretty much by yourself and alone.
4) That not every Middle Eastern man are wife beaters and haters of women.
5) That some Middle Easten men are the above and really need some counseling.
6)Talks about rape, marriage, how people get away with crimes, and some don't.
7)Shows how Princess Sultana is growing up and prays that her life means something.
8)That many women are hurt by some Arab men. Including American womens

It is her best book. I recommend this highly. She presents herself as strong and completely able to handle her woes without the help of us Westerners.

Please read this book.

When Jean Sasson wrote her first in the trilogy, PRINCESS, little was known about women in Saudi Arabia, or behind the veil. Since that time there have been many books that came out but nothing has touched Jean Sasson's titles. They are simply the best.

The Western world had little knowledge of Saudi Arabia, but Sasson lived and worked in the Kingdom for over 10 years, and during that time, she became involved with the women who had to live behind the veil.

I like the way she makes you feel you are living the story yourself. Although this Princess Sultana has moments where she is spoiled and less than admirable, that's part of the charm. Sasson has not tried to make these women perfect, but she has given them LIFE.

I've heard there is a lot of protest from readers who do not believe all these horror stories that took place in Saudi Arabia, but all a person has to do is read the news these days and know that Sasson told a lot of truths. If she embellished a bit to get our attention, then I don't mind.

CIRCLE is my favorite of the three as Sultana has matured, but every one of the TRILOGY should be read by every person who cares about human rights.

I finished this book and was left feeling cold and hostile. Opposite of my reaction to the prior two Sultana books...Not to say that I do not pity these women. Of course I do, and Jean Sasson weaves Sultana's tales together with technical skill and high-pitched emotional cries for help...I found Princess Sultana's Circle to be an evocative book filled with the passions and whims of a child-like woman. Her sincerity and love for her God, King and Country (in that order) are obvious and the world would be lucky to have women like her in countries that allow women to speak freely...

I read all three of the PRINCESS SULTANA'S BOOKS in a week. They are that good. Educational yet entertaining, which says it all.

These books will be my mainstay for gift giving from this point on.

You'll miss the read of your life if you miss these books.