World in Peril Everything You Wanted to Know About the Second World War from the Podcast Experts

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.

Al Murray is one of the most successful comics in the UK with his alter-ego The Pub Landlord and has had four previous bestselling books, The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense, The Pub Landlord Says Think Yourself British, Great British Pub Quiz Book and Watching War Films with my Dad. One of the most popular live comedy acts in the country, Al has sold out arenas nationwide, including London's O2 Arena. He has earned numerous awards and accolades, such as the British Comedy Award for his ITV1 series Al Murray's Happy Hour, the Perrier Award and two Olivier Award nominations.
James Holland studied history at Durham University. He writes articles and reviews for Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, The Times, Sunday Express and New Statesman on twentieth Century social history and the second world war. He has also worked in the publicity departments for major publishing houses most recently responsible for the publicity on Anthony Beever's number one bestseller 'Berlin'.