The Siege. The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

April 30, 1980. Six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy in London, taking twenty-six 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 stand-off, 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Drawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews and witness testimony, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre tells the dramatic story in full for the first time - from the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 the SAS - and itself.