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ID: 444285
Title: Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome
Author: David King
Narrator: Jefferson Mays
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:31:36
Language: English
Release date: 08-04-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: History, Europe
Summary:
The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.
On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main
branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm. He ripped out a submachine gun, fired it into
the ceiling, and shouted, The party starts! This was the beginning of a six-day hostage crisisand media circus
that would mesmerize the world, drawing into its grip everyone from Swedens most notorious outlaw to the prime
minister himself.
As policemen and reporters encircled the bank, the crime-in-progress turned into a high-stakes thriller broadcast
on live television. Inside the building, meanwhile, complicated emotional relationships developed between captors
and captives that would launch a remarkable new concept into the realm of psychology, hostage negotiation, and
popular culture.
Based on a wealth of previously unpublished sources, including rare film footage and unprecedented access to the
main participants, Six Days in August captures the surreal events in their entirety, on an almost minute-by-minute
basis. It is a rich human drama that blurs the lines between loyalty and betrayal, obedience and defiance, fear and
attractionand a groundbreaking work of nonfiction that forces us to consider Stockholm syndrome in an entirely
new light.
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