Ms. House is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist with nearly five decades of experience covering Saudi Arabia. Her latest book, ‘The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia,’ draws on more than half a dozen in-depth interviews with the crown prince himself. She spent more than 30 years at the Wall Street Journal, serving as a reporter, editor, and ultimately publisher. She is also the author of ‘On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future.’
In this excerpt from Karen Elliott House’s forthcoming biography of Mohammed bin Salman, the future king emerges as a driven, highly competitive young man in a hurry.
By KAREN ELLIOTT HOUSE
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By KAREN ELLIOTT HOUSE
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