01742nam a2200301Ia 4500 261280 OCoLC 20200427111634.0 030311s2003 nyuaf 001 0aeng d 51850498 0786867175 25.95 AOP AOP OWL SDD SRB ILC OCLCQ XY4 a-jo--- PUXA ev DS154.52.N87 A3 2003 22 923.2 N818n Noor Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan Local 143198 Leap of faith memoirs of an unexpected life Queen Noor. 1st ed. New York Miramax Books c2003. xi, 467 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 24 cm. Includes index. First impressions -- Roots -- Tehran journal -- Audience with the King -- Leap of faith -- Honeymoon at Gleneagles -- Young bride in the royal houeshold -- 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. Noor Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan 1951- Local 143198 Hussein, King of Jordan. King of Jordan 1935- Local 237017 Jordan. Politics and government 1952-1999. Local 118170 188064 188064 0 0 ddc 0 923_200000000000000_N818N 0 evl 177530 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Borders 18.17 375673 0 923.2 N818n 80000002197930 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:261280 6