The Veiled Kingdom - Hardcover

Carmen Bin Ladin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843958112 ISBN 13: 9781843958116

Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

On September 11th 2001, Carmen Bin Ladin heard the news on the radio that the Twin Towers had been struck. She instinctively knew that her brother-in-law was involved in these horrifying acts of terrorism, and her heart went out to America. She also knew that her life and the lives of her family would never be the same again. In 1974 Carmen, half Swiss and half Persian, married into the Bin Laden family and found herself inside a complex and vast clan, part of a society that at that point she neither knew nor understood. Determined to protect her daughters from the inevitable restrictions within a society riddled with hypocrisy and contradiction, in 1985 Carmen moved back to her home country, Switzerland. Carmen's story takes us inside one of the most powerful, secretive and repressive kingdoms in the world and the Bin Laden family's role within it, and she is one of the few women to have acquired, through her husband, intimate knowledge of the inner workings of this society.

About this title

About the Author:

Carmen Bin Ladin lives in Switzerland with her three daughters.

Review:

'If you want to beat Osama, you've got to start by listening to Carmen' - Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times 'A searing indictment of a society and a family perverted by fanaticism ... a terrifying insight into the psychology of Al-Qaeda.' - Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843958112
• ISBN 13: 9781843958116
• Binding: Hardcover