'' The Siege : The Attack on the Taj '' is a non-fiction book by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy . It is an account of the 2008 attacks on The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai , India , during the night of 26 November 2008 . It presents an insider view of the attacks based on extensive research by the authors . The book was first published by Penguin Books in 2013 . It includes unreleased documents from the trial of Ajmal Kasab in India , including telephone conversations between the militants
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2008 Mumbai attacks
The Siege: The Attack on the Taj