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We Have Ways of Making You Talk: New Histories of World War Two by Al Murray and James Holland (Signed by the Author)

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Covering the most fascinating characters, bloody battles and key moments in WWII, WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK: NEW HISTORIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR brings the success of bestselling authors James Holland Al Murray’s hit podcast to readers. Your copy will be signed by the Author.

Published 23 Apr 2026 (Preorder)
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About the book…

From the most fascinating characters to the bloodiest battles and decisive turning points of the Second World War, We Have Ways of Making You Talk: New Histories of The Second World War brings the energy and insight of James Holland and Al Murray’s chart-topping podcast to the page.

From El Alamein to Barbarossa, from the war in China to the ruins of Stalingrad, this book draws on the latest pioneering academic research to rethink how the war was fought – and why it unfolded the way it did. This is World War II as you haven’t read it before: vivid, forensic and alive with debate.

Composed from James and Al’s detailed show notes, this is essential reading for anyone who thinks they know the Second World War – and for those who want to know it better.

Experience the darkest hours and narrow escapes of Dunkirk, the perilous Arctic convoys of the North Cape, the devastation of Hamburg, and discover the one thing that genuinely terrified Winston Churchill. As with the podcast, the focus is on the overlooked, the misunderstood and the rarely told – the details that change how we understand the conflict as a whole.

Composed from James and Al’s detailed show notes, this is essential reading for anyone who thinks they know the Second World War – and for those who want to know it better.

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.

Binding

Hardback

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ISBN

9781472296504

Page Count

336

Published

23 Apr 2026

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