The Siege

Ben Macintyre in conversation with Julia Wheeler 

In the spring of 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian embassy in London, taking 26 hostages. A gripping, minute-by-minute account of the subsequent six-day standoff and daring SAS raid, Ben Macintyre’s latest book reads like a thriller. He speaks to journalist Julia Wheeler about an event which captured international attention, forever changed the lives of those involved, and shaped the trajectory of global politics for decades.