{"product_id":"the-siege-9780241675687","title":"The Siege","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ben Macintyre\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSAS: ROGUE HEROES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. DISCOVER THE STORY OF THE SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK THE NATION!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e___________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eApril 30, 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy in London, taking 26 people hostage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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end to the standoff, and the SAS laid plans for a daring rescue mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews, and witness testimony, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre tells the dramatic story in full for the first time – from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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Siege \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e___________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Masterly . . . it has never been recounted so pleasurably as it has been here' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else’ John Preston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Macintyre, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestseller, August 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087692849303,"sku":"9780241675687","price":1425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241675687.webp?v=1769202890","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-siege-9780241675687","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}