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Blood and Oil
- Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Thirty-five-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former prime minister Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emanuel flew out to meet with the crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere.
He spoke passionately about bringing women into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia's restrictive Islamic law. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored investments in Silicon Valley.
But 'MBS' began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. The allegations of excess and about the brutality of his regime began to slip out. Then there was the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
While stamping out dissent in the Saudi royal family by holding 300 members in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for months, he continued to exhibit his extreme wealth, including the purchase of a $70 million chateau in Europe and one of the world's most expensive yachts. It seemed that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world would react to his flexing of autocratic muscle.
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Critic reviews
"Blood and Oil is the fascinating and highly entertaining tale of Mohammed bin Salman's rise to power. With fly-on-the-wall reporting and palace intrigue worthy of Machiavelli, it will keep you [rooted] until its tragic denouement. And more importantly, it will leave you with a deep and nuanced understanding of the Crown Prince's thinking and its implications for Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East." (John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood)
"This is as close to the truth, to the real story of the corruption, vulgarities, horrors, and lies of the Kingdom and its current despot as we are likely to get. It also can be read as a Shakespearean story of utter greed." (Seymour Hersh, author of Chain of Command)
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-09-20
an incredible insight
Such an engaging work and performed brilliantly. It really sews everything together and presents you with the full picture
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-24
Stunning
Couldn’t stop listening. A great audiobook! Stunning story from start to finish. Sheds a light on a fascinating country on the brink of huge change
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- Andriy Supranonok
- 26-03-21
Fascinating story
Highly recommend, thoroughly researched and concise. Gives you an insight about one of the most powerful politician at least in the middle east.
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- Olly Fry
- 07-02-21
Fascinating insight
Thoroughly enjoyed this, though found the Al Saud family tree slightly confusing. Would certainly recommend.
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- Shofna Miah
- 20-08-23
Addictive listening
Great insight to the rise of MBS & the background of the Saudi Royal Family. Very well researched & a truly good read/listen! Highly recommended
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- AmazonCustomer1675
- 30-11-20
insightful book.
A really good book providing an insight in to the rise of MBS and the Saudi Royal family.
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- Hassan Jahangir
- 31-12-23
First Audio Book
this was my first audiobook and a great experience. The book gives a detailed commentary on the most powerful man of today's era in Middle East.
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- David Plato
- 21-09-21
A fascinating Insight into Middle Eastern politics
I have been hooked on listening to this audiobook. Middle Eastern politics was something that I previously had little to no understanding of. Especially when it came to Saudi Arabia.
This book expertly details the actions of MBS and gives context as to why these actions are significant, for ignorant listeners such as myself, this context is fantastic for helping to understand significance whilst also improving a basic understanding of how politics in the Middle East functions.
I must also say that whilst the book itself is fantastic and insightful the audiobook version truly stands out with excellent narration. It is clear, concise and easy to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed listening from beginning to end .
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-21
Excellent execution and interesting content
Difficult to follow all the characters involved at some points but its not easy to avoid that, author/narrator does a great job with it nonetheless
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- Ed L
- 04-09-20
Rehash of Ben Hubbard’s book
Enjoyable had most of the material of the book not being an updated rehash of Ben Hubbard’s ‘MBS - the Rise to Power of Muhammad Bin Salman.
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