Jean Sasson quotes princess ‘Sultana’ as, “A prisoner in a gilded cage with no vote, no control, and no value but as a mother of son, she is totally at mercy of the men of her life- her father, her brother, her husband’. Princess ‘Sultana’, a real Saudi princess closely related to king, lives those contradictions, with priceless jewels, many servants, unlimited funds at her disposal, but NO FREEDOM. In this trilogy, Jean Sasson captured the flavours and reality of life in a country full of extremes and contradictions. Princess- A trilogy, which is written by international author Jean Sasson, is a heart stirring novel about the life of a Saudi Princess Sultana, which is testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and great courage. The present term paper will try to compile the life and atrocities suffered by Saudi women, royals and commoners- the patriarchal society of Saudi Arabia, as well as the recent developments in Saudi Arabia with regard to women, both by taking references from the novels written by Jean Sasson as well as from the web sources. I have lived through all these things and I am not yet twenty-five years old…”ĭesert Royal, Jean Sasson (2004), pg.285 INTRODUCTION: I have lived to be buried while still alive I have lived to wonder why those who claim to love me, helped me to bury alive, “I have lived the life of a young girl, with hopeful promise, I have lived the life of a woman, whose promises were cut short.I have lived the life of one, whose dreams were dashed I have lived knowing tremendous fear for every man I have lived to see the devil in the guise of a man ruling my every action I have lived as a beggar to this man, pleading with him to leave me alone,
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