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Leap of faith :

by Noor,
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Miramax Books, (New York :) Physical details: xi, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ISBN:0786867175 :. ISSN:978078686
Subject(s): Noor, Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan -- 1951- | Hussein, King of Jordan -- 1935-1999 | Queens -- Jordan -- Biography. | Arab-Israeli conflict. | Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Jordan | Jordan -- Politics and government -- 1952-1999
Year: 2003
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900 - 999 956.95044092 Noo (Browse shelf) Available 82616

Includes index.

First impressions -- Roots -- Tehran journal -- Audience with the King -- Leap of faith -- Honeymoon at Gleneagles -- Young bride in the royal household -- Pomp and circumstance -- One crisis after another -- America through new eyes -- At home and abroad -- "Women hold up half the sky" -- Parenthood -- Growing pains -- Prelude to war -- Fire in the Gulf -- Test of faith -- Day like no other -- Edge of the Abyss -- White bird -- Skies cried.

Sharing a personal perspective on the past three decades of world history, Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch, providing both an intimate portrait of the late King Hussein and a moving account of their public role.

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