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The Siege
Adrian Levy
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Description for The Siege
Paperback. On 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai is besieged by Pakistani Islamists, armed with explosives and machine guns. For three days, guests and staff of the hotel are trapped as the terrorists run amok. On 29th November commandos launch Operation Black Tornado. The world holds its breath. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JMC; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
The Siege by Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark - a searing account of the 2005 terrorist attacks at Mumbai's famous Taj Hotel
On 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai is besieged by Pakistani Islamists, armed with explosives and machine guns.
For three days, guests and staff of the hotel are trapped as the terrorists run amok.
On 29th November commandos launch Operation Black Tornado. The world holds its breath.
The Siege is a helter-skelter thriller, threaded with powerful human stories. By turns tragic and heroic, the events are told through a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780670922598
SKU
V9780670922598
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Ref
99-2
About Adrian Levy
Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are the authors of four books, most recently the acclaimed The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 - Where the Terror Began. For 16 years they worked as foreign correspondents and investigative reporters for the Sunday Times and the Guardian. In 2009 the One World Trust named them British Journalists of the Year, having won Foreign Correspondents of ... Read more
Reviews for The Siege
Compulsive and brilliantly researched. Reads like a fast-paced thriller
William Dalrymple Totally unputdownable, utterly absorbing - a minute-by-minute account of a hotel under onslaught. Here we have hostages, police and terrorists; their every fateful action and decision; the moments of sheer chaos and the crucial seconds of clarity
Paul French, author of the Dagger and Edgar Award-winning Midnight ... Read more
William Dalrymple Totally unputdownable, utterly absorbing - a minute-by-minute account of a hotel under onslaught. Here we have hostages, police and terrorists; their every fateful action and decision; the moments of sheer chaos and the crucial seconds of clarity
Paul French, author of the Dagger and Edgar Award-winning Midnight ... Read more