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Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome

Maybe someday

35

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

17/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

David King

Publisher:

W. W. Norton Company

Date:

August 4, 2020

The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."

What The Reviewers Say

Michael Schaub,
The Star Tribune
In his new book...author David King presents a fascinating history of the Kreditbanken robbery and its aftermath. It’s a book that’s sure to delight both true crime fans and readers with an interest in psychology.

Kirkus
A historian painstakingly reconstructs the crime that gave rise to the pop-psychological term Stockholm syndrome.

Publishers Weekly
Historian King...delivers an entertaining, minute-by-minute account of the 1973 Swedish bank robbery and hostage crisis that gave rise to the term 'Stockholm syndrome.'.