FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES AND THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR. DISCOVER THE STORY OF THE SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK THE NATION!
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April 30, 1980. Six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy in London, taking 26 people hostage.
A tense six-day siege ensued as millions gathered around screens across the country to witness the longest news flash in British history. Six days in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff, and the SAS laid plans for a daring rescue mission.
Drawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews, and witness testimony, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre tells the dramatic story in full for the first time – from the years and weeks of build-up on both sides, to the minute-by-minute of the rescue.
The Siege is the remarkable story of what really happened on those fateful six days, of a moment that forever changed the way the nation thought about the SAS, and itself, forever.
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'Masterly . . . it has never been recounted so pleasurably as it has been here' New York Times
‘Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else’ John Preston
Ben Macintyre, Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023
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- Authors:
- Macintyre, Ben
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9780241675670
- Publication Date:
- 12/09/2024
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Number of Pages:
- 400
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780241675670