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The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel Audiobook
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Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world's most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests—including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kang—prevented a much higher death toll.
With a deep understanding of the region and its politics and a narrative flair reminiscent of Midnight in Peking, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the tragic events in a real-life thriller filled with suspense, tragedy, history, and heroism.
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“Narrator James Langton is clear and measured in chronicling the coordinated attack…Langton’s light Scots accent is easy to listen to.”
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“The Siege reads like a thriller.”
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“It’s a tragedy and a thriller with concussive human and political resonance.”
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“An investigative masterpiece.”
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Nonfiction
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About the Authors
Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are the authors of several highly acclaimed books, including The Forever Prisoner, The Exile, Deception, The Siege, The Amber Room, and The Stone of Heaven. Writing for London’s Sunday Times and The Guardian, they have won the One World Award for Foreign Reporting and in 2009 were voted One World Media’s Press Journalists of the Year. They have also won the 2016 Crime Writers of America Gold Dagger for Nonfiction.
Adrian Levy has coauthored four books with Cathy Scott-Clark, including The Meadow and The Amber Room. He has worked as a foreign correspondent and investigative reporter for the Sunday Times (London) and has also coproduced several documentaries for American and British television.
About James Langton
James Langton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and later as a musician at the Guildhall School in London. He has worked in radio, film, and television, also appearing in theater in England and on Broadway. He is also a professional musician who led the internationally renowned Pasadena Roof Orchestra from 1996 to 2002.