The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

The Siege by Ben Macintyre revisits one of the most dramatic hostage crises of the late twentieth century: the 1980 seizure of the Iranian Embassy in London and the tense six days that followed. Known for turning complex historical episodes into prop...

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Ben Macintyre
The Siege by Ben Macintyre revisits one of the most dramatic hostage crises of the late twentieth century: the 1980 seizure of the Iranian Embassy in London and the tense six days that followed. Known for turning complex historical episodes into prop...

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