The siege : a six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world
"A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time--from true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre"-- Provided by publisher.
Maps and floor plans
Preface
Day one: Wednesday. 16 Princes Gate
The group of the martyr
Cobra
Grapplers
Revolutionary Guard
Day two: Thursday. Eavesdroppers
Cramer's gambit
Twenty-five hamburgers
Operation Nimrod
Day three: Friday. Stockholm syndrome
One woman and her dog
This is not a drill
Day four: Saturday. One thousand and one nights
Day five: Sunday. Snooker
Writing on the wall
Day six: Monday. Yellow-card rule
Six days
One hour
Eleven minutes
Aftermath
Selected dramatis personae
Acknowledgments
A note on sources
Select bibliography
Index.
Preface
Day one: Wednesday. 16 Princes Gate
The group of the martyr
Cobra
Grapplers
Revolutionary Guard
Day two: Thursday. Eavesdroppers
Cramer's gambit
Twenty-five hamburgers
Operation Nimrod
Day three: Friday. Stockholm syndrome
One woman and her dog
This is not a drill
Day four: Saturday. One thousand and one nights
Day five: Sunday. Snooker
Writing on the wall
Day six: Monday. Yellow-card rule
Six days
One hour
Eleven minutes
Aftermath
Selected dramatis personae
Acknowledgments
A note on sources
Select bibliography
Index.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780593728109
- ISBN: 0593728092
- ISBN: 9780593728093
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Physical Description:
xxviii, 365 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishing, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Maps and floor plans Preface Day one: Wednesday. 16 Princes Gate The group of the martyr Cobra Grapplers Revolutionary Guard Day two: Thursday. Eavesdroppers Cramer's gambit Twenty-five hamburgers Operation Nimrod Day three: Friday. Stockholm syndrome One woman and her dog This is not a drill Day four: Saturday. One thousand and one nights Day five: Sunday. Snooker Writing on the wall Day six: Monday. Yellow-card rule Six days One hour Eleven minutes Aftermath Selected dramatis personae Acknowledgments A note on sources Select bibliography Index. |
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