{"product_id":"adrian-levy-the-siege-2013-paperback","title":"Adrian Levy: The Siege [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Siege\u003c\/i\u003e by Adrian Levy \u0026amp; Cathy Scott-Clark -  a searing account of the 2005 terrorist attacks at Mumbai's famous Taj Hotel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai is besieged by Pakistani Islamists, armed with explosives and machine guns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor three days, guests and staff of the hotel are trapped as the terrorists run amok.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 29th November commandos launch Operation Black Tornado. The world holds its breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Siege \u003c\/i\u003eis a helter-skelter thriller, threaded with powerful human stories. By turns tragic and heroic, the events are told through a cast of real characters, who were thrown together in the luxurious, century-old Taj: waiters, chefs, captains of industry, hedge funders, celebrities, tourists, policemen, special forces and terrorists. For the first time, this astonishing book takes us through the news footage and into the heart of the hotel. Each hostage has a choice: hide, run or fight. What would you do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic non-fiction account will grip readers of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Easy Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Way Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and will be enjoyed by fans of \u003cb\u003e'United 93'\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e'The Towering Inferno'\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy 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 the Year in 2004. They co-produce documentaries which have been nominated at the Amnesty International Media Awards and the Edinburgh International Television Festival, and longlisted at the BAFTAs. Currently they are filming several new projects in South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levy, Adrian \u0026 Scott-Clark, Cathy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50807145759059,"sku":"9780670922567","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50807145791827,"sku":"XV80670922567","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/levy-adrian-scott-clark-cathy-adrian-levy-the-siege-2013-paperback-1156838217.jpg?v=1745018001","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/adrian-levy-the-siege-2013-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}