172 reviews for:

The Siege

Ben Macintyre

4.31 AVERAGE

genefou's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

mrwbeav's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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Account of the siege of the Iranian embassy in London to make a statement about Arabs in Iran. Well written and nicely read by author. Quite a bit of quoting vulgarity as the siege grew longer. Intended to be a 24 hour operation it ended up being six days and the relationship between captors and hostages became more complex. 

starlo66's review

4.0

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Terrific stuff from Manintyre again, as you’d expect

didactylos's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Starts very slowly but then picks up pace. An intensely minute by minute retelling, forensic yet empathetic.

t_h1234's review

5.0

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Excellent

anne_floor's review

4.25

adventurous challenging informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

bibliohound1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative tense slow-paced

very_b's review

4.25

tense medium-paced

ngwilson's review

4.5

adventurous informative fast-paced

mjm136's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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A riveting nonfiction narrative of a historical event that I'm ashamed to say I do not remember--the 1980 armed takeover of the Iranian embassy in London  by anti-Khomeini Iranian Arabs.  The story of this six-day siege, and its resolution, is fascinating.  And the ending is as tense and pulse-pounding as any thriller I've ever read.  An outstanding book.