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ALHUSSEIN, NOOR , QUEEN OF JORDAN / LISA HALABY Queen Noor - Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Miramax / Hyperion, 2003. First Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 x 1-1/2 " 0786867175 2003 Hardcover in DJ, 1st Edition, Later printing ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... This is a handsome book, Black cloth over boards with Silver gilt title impressed onto spine, in Color photographic jacket, illustrated with 16 pages of beautiful glossy color Photographs, including a double-page photo ; the now famous wide-lens shot of the King and Queen of Jordan in the desert on a motorcycle ... A historical account of life in the royal palace of Jordan ... and a love story , of a young girl who meets a king, and falls in love, and becomes his queen ... Lisa Halaby was an American girl, with a degree in architecture and urban planning from Princeton ... While visiting her father in Jordan, she was casually introduced one day to King Hussein ... The next time they met, the King was the world's most eligible bachelor, after the tragic death of his wife ... and he would fall headllong in love with the athletic outspoken girl ... After a whirlwind courtship, Lisa became Noor Al Hussein, Queen of Jordan ... With her famed eloquence and candor, she speaks of the obstacles she faced as a naive young bride in the royal court ... of rebelling against the smothering embrace of security guards and palace life, and of her own successful struggle to create a working role for herself as a humanitarian activist in a court that had simply expected her to stay around the palace and keep her husband happy ... As she gradually took on the duties of a queen, Noor's joys and challenges grew ... After a heartbreaking miscarriage, she gave birth to 4 children ... Meshing the demands of motherhood with the commitments of her position was often difficult, but she tried to keep her young children by her side, even while flying around the world with her husband in his relentless quest for peace ... This mission would reap satisfying rewards for her, including greater Arab unity and a peace treaty with Israel, after terrible setbacks after the first Gulf War and the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin ... Widely admired in the Arab world as a voice of moderation, and for his direct lineage to the Prophet Muhammad, King Hussein worked with the west, and his American born wife, who had been from a distinguished privileged Arab-American family, worked along with him, and who lost her heart to a king and to his people ... " Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an Unexpected Life " ... by Queen Noor ... published by Miramax Pub, New York ... 2003 Hardcover ... First Edition, later printing ***. New/New .
Offered for US$ 14.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 6372
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