Once upon a time there was a princess

A first-person account of a kidnapping that shocked Australia in the 1980s, "Once Upon a Princess" tells the story of Jacqueline Pascarl, who at 17 leaves her country to live with Bahrin, a young Malaysian prince. When the two marry, the young Australian becomes Princess Yasmin. However, what seemed like a fairy tale turns into a nightmare when Bahrin reveals his true colors: an authoritarian and staunch defender of oppressive Islamic precepts against women. A man so cruel and tyrannical that he doesn't hesitate to take away her greatest treasure, Shahirah and Iddin, the couple's children.