'Operating Mincemeat' author Ben Macintyre discusses his new best-seller — about a daring escape from a notorious Nazi fortress — and breaks down the psychology behind the enduring spy archetype.

Author Ben Macintyre talks to Christiane Amanpour about his new book, “The Siege,” about armed men storming the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. More for You.

In “The Siege,” Ben Macintyre gives a lesser-known Iranian hostage crisis its due. A soldier covers the BBC journalist Sim Harris as he escapes from the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980 after ...

By Ben Macintyre Crown. 365 pp. $32 Black smoke pours from the roof of the Iranian Embassy in London on May 5, 1980, after police and a unit of Britain's Special Air Service ended a six-day ...

“Lying is a very difficult thing to do,” says Ben Macintyre. He, perhaps better than most, should know. Over the course of a career now entering its fourth decade, the British author has ...

Macintyre tells the story of the POW camp that had more escape attempts than any other during World War II. He parades a brigade of officers, some of whom have since been lionized or found postwar ...

New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre will visit Harrisburg's Midtown Scholar Wednesday, Sept. 28, for a conversation and book signing. Macintyre will discuss his latest work of ...

Ben Macintyre’s ‘The Siege’ vividly recounts a hostage crisis. The best-selling author’s new book is about the standoff and eventual rescue operation in 1980 at the Iranian Embassy in London.