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Three Weeks in July

7/7, the aftermath and the deadly manhunt

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Three Weeks in July

By: Adam Wishart, James Nally
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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'A superb book’ – Observer

‘Gripping, vivid and compelling’ – The Critic

‘Humane, absorbing and meticulous’ – New Statesman

‘An extraordinary book’ James O’Brien, TLS

Three Weeks in July is the extraordinary and definitive account of the events of the 7/7 London bombings, publishing on the 20th anniversary of the event.

Three Weeks in July delivers the definitive narrative of the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the chaos, confusion and terror that followed.

A true-crime investigation interwoven with high-stakes politics and history, it reveals untold accounts of the response to 7/7 by the government and the Metropolitan Police, as well as their efforts to prevent a second wave of attacks. Drawing on insights from key figures like Tony Blair, Peter Clarke (head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch at the Metropolitan Police) and Sir Ian Blair (Metropolitan Police commissioner), as well as victims and first responders, the book chronicles the frenzy of the first hours after the attack and the pivotal three weeks of police work, forensics and political machinations whose repercussions are still being felt to this day.

Three Weeks in July is the definitive account of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern British history, and a visceral and propulsive narrative that examines the vulnerabilities of the state and the ethical dilemmas of national security.

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Critic reviews

'Three Weeks in July is a meticulously assembled and grippingly told account of the biggest act of murder on English soil since the second world war … [A] superb book' – Andrew Rawnsley, Observer

‘This is a very good book indeed, a gripping, vivid and compelling reconstruction of an extraordinary few weeks that contains an astonishing degree of detail.’ – John Sturgis, The Critic

‘A humane, absorbing, meticulous recreation of the events of that July day and the febrile three weeks that followed’ – New Statesman

‘An extraordinary book …The detail is granular, the research is forensic and the insights from key figures such as Tony Blair and the late Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair are illuminating, and all are deployed in the service of a narrative that never lets up … It is this marriage of depth and detail with breathless, frequently filmic storytelling that ensures Three Weeks in July delivers the excitement promised by the cover without ever neglecting the deadly seriousness of the story being told.’ James O’Brien, TLS

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This book is so detailed and well researched. I liked it because I found the background explanations and political and global information really useful in understanding the broader picture of what happened both before and after that awful day in July. I was moved to tears several times and stopped what I was doing to listen. Excellent narration. An informative and important book.

really moving and well written and researched

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I learned so much from this book, I was in my late twenties and living a loooong way geographically and culturally from London so much of the events covered in this book were new to me (to my shame). I have felt a roller-coaster of emotions listening to this, despair, deep disappointment and hope included. Shame on the Met for their handling of potentially their greatest mistake. Thank you to the authors and everyone who contributed to this account. However, the narrator has let everyone down - his reading of non-first-person content was fine but the way he read the first-person dialogue was DREADFUL, he made women sound weak, leaders sound questioning and uncertain and the undertone of everything he read in first-person came across as derisory. Real shame, that.

Excellent detail, poor narration

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Read like a fiction thriller throughout. Even though you knew the outcomes and result. Highly recommended A+++.

Held the attention all the way through.

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Clear, concise and no holds barred. Found this book to be excellent. Gave the background to the events, graphic details of aftermath demonstrated the resilience of the people on the ground. highly recommend

fascinating insight into the events of July 7/7

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This is very good I was in London on 7/7 and this book has brought back th horror of that day

The only thing that annoyed me is the victims being referred to as killed they was MURDERED by these islamists who I hope are being rogered by pigs in hell

Harrowing

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