James Owen is the author of A Serpent in Eden (Little Brown, 2006), a compelling portrait of glamour and corruption and a gripping true-crime story of the famously unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes in the Bahamas in 1943.  He has also written four books about the Second World War: Nuremberg: Evil on Trial, The Voice of War (with Guy Walters), Danger UXB (Little Brown, 2011)  and Commando (Little Brown, 2012) which brings together official documents, new research and veteran’s own accounts to reveal the exhilarating full story of WWII’s most formidable fighting force.  Fluent in several languages, with experience as a barrister, journalist and television presenter, he writes regularly for The Times, Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, often about his travels in countries such as China, Albania and Iran.