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We Have Ways of Making You Talk

New Histories of the Second World War
Brief Description
From Dunkirk to Barbarossa, the war on China to Stalingrad, bestselling author James Holland and award-winning comedian Al Murray will capture readers with the most up to date and pioneering academic research on a host of WWII-related topics. Their hugely successful podcast of the same name... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Covering the most fascinating characters, bloody battles and key moments in WWII, WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK brings the success of bestselling author James Holland and award-winning comedian Al Murray's podcast to readers.

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From Dunkirk to Barbarossa, the war on China to Stalingrad, bestselling author James Holland and award-winning comedian Al Murray will capture readers with the most up to date and pioneering academic research on a host of WWII-related topics.

Their hugely successful podcast of the same name delves into forgotten, hidden and little explained aspects of the war. The podcast has blown the subject wide open and introduced far more complex and detailed ways of looking at this truly global conflict.

We Have Ways of Making You Talk is the first book to tie in with the podcast and will follow a number of the podcast's most successful series.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035425556

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Book Publishing

Illustration: 2 x 8 page picture section

Contributors:

  • Foreword by James Holland
  • Foreword by Al Murray

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 336

About the Author

James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.

Al Murray's alter ego, The Pub Landlord, is one of the most recognizable and successful comic creations of the past twenty years, and Murray, who has won numerous awards and accolades, continues to fill arenas and theatres around the world. He is also the author of many successful books including Watching War Films with My Dad and Command, a sharply entertaining analysis of the key allied military leaders in the Second World War.

Goalhanger is the UK's largest independent podcast producer and the biggest outside the US - creating chart-topping, story-first shows across history, politics, sport, business, entertainment, culture, and audio drama.

Goalhanger's shows include The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics, Empire, The Rest Is Entertainment, The Rest Is Politics: US, Leading, The Rest Is Money, Journey Through Time, The Rest Is Football, Sherlock & Co., The Rest Is Classified, The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness, and We Have Ways of Making You Talk.

Goalhanger reach tens of millions each month across long-form audio, video, and live events - with over 400 million downloads in 2024, and more than 1 billion lifetime streams.

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