Couple of new reads in, saw that @badsquiddogames.bsky.social managed to grab Agent Sonya so decided to grab it for myself.
#history #colditz #secretagent #spy #books #bookworm #geek #nerd #benmacintyre
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November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Couple of new reads in, saw that @badsquiddogames.bsky.social managed to grab Agent Sonya so decided to grab it for myself.
#history #colditz #secretagent #spy #books #bookworm #geek #nerd #benmacintyre
#history #colditz #secretagent #spy #books #bookworm #geek #nerd #benmacintyre
From the archive - The #Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest #SAS Hostage Drama with #BenMacintyre pod.fo/e/26909e
Cold War Conversations: The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama with Ben Macintyre (365)
On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and thre...
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July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From the archive - The #Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest #SAS Hostage Drama with #BenMacintyre pod.fo/e/26909e
Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks.
#BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
#BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
Operation Mincemeat: The WWII Deception That Fooled Hitler
Operation Mincemeat tells the true WWII story of how a dead man’s identity fooled the Nazis and helped the Allies win the war.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks.
#BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
#BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
Gordievsky lived a double life. One side smiled for Moscow. The other whispered to MI6. Every day, he risked death.
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The Spy and the Traitor: Cold War Espionage Uncovered
The Spy and the Traitor tells the true Cold War story of KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky and his secret life as a British spy.
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May 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Snooker, Saddam, and The SAS: I reviewed The Siege by Ben Macintyre for @businesspost.bsky.social
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#TheSiege #BenMacIntyre
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Book Review: A compelling examination of the Iranian embassy siege
Ben Macintyre’s The Siege is one of the best non-fiction books of the year
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December 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Snooker, Saddam, and The SAS: I reviewed The Siege by Ben Macintyre for @businesspost.bsky.social
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#TheSiege #BenMacIntyre
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Six days, 26 hostages, and the SAS storm that shocked the world—Ben Macintyre tells it like a thriller.
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The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Amazon.com: The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World (Audible Audio Edition): Ben Macintyre, Ben Macintyre, Random House Audio: Books
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September 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Six days, 26 hostages, and the SAS storm that shocked the world—Ben Macintyre tells it like a thriller.
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #BookLovers
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Book No. 17 for 2025
A London siege. 6 tense days. 26 hostages. One bold SAS rescue. The true story of a daring mission that stunned the world. A must-read for fans of real-life thrillers. 📚💥
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A London siege. 6 tense days. 26 hostages. One bold SAS rescue. The true story of a daring mission that stunned the world. A must-read for fans of real-life thrillers. 📚💥
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #TrueStory #SAS #BookLovers #NonfictionReads #MilitaryHistory #HostageCrisis
July 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Book No. 17 for 2025
A London siege. 6 tense days. 26 hostages. One bold SAS rescue. The true story of a daring mission that stunned the world. A must-read for fans of real-life thrillers. 📚💥
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #TrueStory #SAS #BookLovers #NonfictionReads #MilitaryHistory #HostageCrisis
A London siege. 6 tense days. 26 hostages. One bold SAS rescue. The true story of a daring mission that stunned the world. A must-read for fans of real-life thrillers. 📚💥
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #TrueStory #SAS #BookLovers #NonfictionReads #MilitaryHistory #HostageCrisis
8:10pm to 12midnight TODAY on @pbsuk.bsky.social
All 3 episodes of 2017 #BBC #Documentary📺 “SAS: Rogue Warriors” directed by #MatthewWhiteman & presented by #BenMacintyre
With unprecedented access to #SAS secret files, unseen footage & exclusive interviews with its founder members
All 3 episodes of 2017 #BBC #Documentary📺 “SAS: Rogue Warriors” directed by #MatthewWhiteman & presented by #BenMacintyre
With unprecedented access to #SAS secret files, unseen footage & exclusive interviews with its founder members
April 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
8:10pm to 12midnight TODAY on @pbsuk.bsky.social
All 3 episodes of 2017 #BBC #Documentary📺 “SAS: Rogue Warriors” directed by #MatthewWhiteman & presented by #BenMacintyre
With unprecedented access to #SAS secret files, unseen footage & exclusive interviews with its founder members
All 3 episodes of 2017 #BBC #Documentary📺 “SAS: Rogue Warriors” directed by #MatthewWhiteman & presented by #BenMacintyre
With unprecedented access to #SAS secret files, unseen footage & exclusive interviews with its founder members
Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks.
#BenMacintyre
#BenMacintyre
Operation Mincemeat: The WWII Deception That Fooled Hitler
Operation Mincemeat tells the true WWII story of how a dead man’s identity fooled the Nazis and helped the Allies win the war.
thisgrandpablogs.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks.
#BenMacintyre
#BenMacintyre
Caught the author of of THE SEIGE (2024) Ben MacIntyre on CSPAN and decided to give the book a read. 🇬🇧 #booksandbourbon #TheSeige #benmacintyre #booksandbourbonatl 📚🥃
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Caught the author of of THE SEIGE (2024) Ben MacIntyre on CSPAN and decided to give the book a read. 🇬🇧 #booksandbourbon #TheSeige #benmacintyre #booksandbourbonatl 📚🥃
Empiezo una más del gran #BenMacintyre.
Nos vamos al interior de la Alemania Nazi con estos prisioneros de Colditz.
Nos vamos al interior de la Alemania Nazi con estos prisioneros de Colditz.
April 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Empiezo una más del gran #BenMacintyre.
Nos vamos al interior de la Alemania Nazi con estos prisioneros de Colditz.
Nos vamos al interior de la Alemania Nazi con estos prisioneros de Colditz.
This isn’t just a spy story. It’s the best one. Read it. Remember it. Tell someone else.
#TheSpyAndTheTraitor #BenMacintyre #BookTok #TeenReads #MustReadBooks
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The Spy and the Traitor: Cold War Espionage Uncovered
The Spy and the Traitor tells the true Cold War story of KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky and his secret life as a British spy.
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May 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This isn’t just a spy story. It’s the best one. Read it. Remember it. Tell someone else.
#TheSpyAndTheTraitor #BenMacintyre #BookTok #TeenReads #MustReadBooks
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Step inside the Iranian Embassy Siege with Ben Macintyre’s gripping true story of courage and rescue.
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Iranian Embassy Siege: Review of Ben Macintyre’s The Siege
Discover the Iranian Embassy Siege in Ben Macintyre’s The Siege, a true story of hostages, SAS action, and history.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Ben Macintyre tells it straight. He shows the truth behind the charm. He shows the cost of trust.
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
Kim Philby Betrayal: A Spy Among Friends Book Review
Kim Philby betrayal exposed in A Spy Among Friends—a true Cold War story of friendship, lies, and British intelligence failure.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ben Macintyre tells it straight. He shows the truth behind the charm. He shows the cost of trust.
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
#aGoodRead
#SASRogueHeroes #BenMacintyre
Third book read by this author, of whom I’m a big fan
Fascinating origin story of the famed SAS regiment formed to wage war against Germany and Italy in North Africa during WW2
The fab BBC series is based on the first half of this story
recommended 👏🫶🏻📚
#SASRogueHeroes #BenMacintyre
Third book read by this author, of whom I’m a big fan
Fascinating origin story of the famed SAS regiment formed to wage war against Germany and Italy in North Africa during WW2
The fab BBC series is based on the first half of this story
recommended 👏🫶🏻📚
October 5, 2024 at 12:37 PM
#aGoodRead
#SASRogueHeroes #BenMacintyre
Third book read by this author, of whom I’m a big fan
Fascinating origin story of the famed SAS regiment formed to wage war against Germany and Italy in North Africa during WW2
The fab BBC series is based on the first half of this story
recommended 👏🫶🏻📚
#SASRogueHeroes #BenMacintyre
Third book read by this author, of whom I’m a big fan
Fascinating origin story of the famed SAS regiment formed to wage war against Germany and Italy in North Africa during WW2
The fab BBC series is based on the first half of this story
recommended 👏🫶🏻📚
Ben Macintyre tells it straight. He shows the truth behind the charm. He shows the cost of trust.
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
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Kim Philby Betrayal: A Spy Among Friends Book Review
Kim Philby betrayal exposed in A Spy Among Friends—a true Cold War story of friendship, lies, and British intelligence failure.
smpl.is
August 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ben Macintyre tells it straight. He shows the truth behind the charm. He shows the cost of trust.
#BenMacintyre #SpyBooks #NonfictionReads
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Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks. #BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
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Operation Mincemeat: The WWII Deception That Fooled Hitler
Operation Mincemeat tells the true WWII story of how a dead man’s identity fooled the Nazis and helped the Allies win the war.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat tells this incredible tale of courage, deception, and strange wartime tricks. #BenMacintyre #HistoryBooks
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Another of my collection. SAS Rogue Heroes signed by the author Ben MacIntyre, at the Stratford literature festival. #sas #military #book #signedbook #benmacintyre #booksky #stratfordliteraturefestival #readmorebooks
November 17, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Another of my collection. SAS Rogue Heroes signed by the author Ben MacIntyre, at the Stratford literature festival. #sas #military #book #signedbook #benmacintyre #booksky #stratfordliteraturefestival #readmorebooks
Without question, the most thrilling true story I've read. A story of terror and courage, starring, amongst others, a group of naive terrorists, some brave hostages, the SAS, Thatcher, Saddam Hussain, Ayatollah Khomeini, and snooker's Cliff Thorburn. Gripping.🙂
#books #theseige #benmacintyre
#books #theseige #benmacintyre
June 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Without question, the most thrilling true story I've read. A story of terror and courage, starring, amongst others, a group of naive terrorists, some brave hostages, the SAS, Thatcher, Saddam Hussain, Ayatollah Khomeini, and snooker's Cliff Thorburn. Gripping.🙂
#books #theseige #benmacintyre
#books #theseige #benmacintyre
Oh admit it - "Giant metaphor sinks off the coast of Italy" is a good headline.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/benmacintyre/article3288624.ece
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Giant metaphor sinks off the coast of Italy
From the wreck of the Costa Concordia emerges a cast of c...
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December 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Oh admit it - "Giant metaphor sinks off the coast of Italy" is a good headline.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/benmacintyre/article3288624.ece
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/benmacintyre/article3288624.ece
Back at FirePit to feed the body and feed the mind, with Chicken Fresco and THE SEIGE by Ben MacIntyre! 😋 #TheSiege #BenMacIntyre
December 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Back at FirePit to feed the body and feed the mind, with Chicken Fresco and THE SEIGE by Ben MacIntyre! 😋 #TheSiege #BenMacIntyre
Excellent Authors’ Club lunch with Ben MacIntyre today, discussing his new book “Siege” on the 1980 SAS storming of the Iranian Embassy. Fascinating stuff, and good to meet him and talk history!
#History #operationmincemeat #benmacintyre #SAS
#History #operationmincemeat #benmacintyre #SAS
January 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Excellent Authors’ Club lunch with Ben MacIntyre today, discussing his new book “Siege” on the 1980 SAS storming of the Iranian Embassy. Fascinating stuff, and good to meet him and talk history!
#History #operationmincemeat #benmacintyre #SAS
#History #operationmincemeat #benmacintyre #SAS
Zijn verhaal in loeispannende vorm te lezen in #Benmacintyre, "The Spy and the Traitor", of in de Nederlandse vertaling: www.boekerij.nl/producten/de....
March 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Zijn verhaal in loeispannende vorm te lezen in #Benmacintyre, "The Spy and the Traitor", of in de Nederlandse vertaling: www.boekerij.nl/producten/de....
Six days, 26 hostages, and the SAS storm that shocked the world—Ben Macintyre tells it like a thriller.
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #BookLovers
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Amazon.com: The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World (Audible Audio Edition): Ben Macintyre, Ben Macintyre, Random House Audio: Books
Amazon.com: The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World (Audible Audio Edition): Ben Macintyre, Ben Macintyre, Random House Audio: Books
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September 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Six days, 26 hostages, and the SAS storm that shocked the world—Ben Macintyre tells it like a thriller.
#TheSiege #BenMacintyre #BookLovers
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