Weidenfeld & Nicolson has triumphed in a 14-way auction for the first book by the former literary editor of the Sunday Times, Andrew Holgate. Maddy Price, editorial director, acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights in Death Of A Dictator: The Mysterious Execution Of Benito Mussolini from Toby Mundy at Aevitas Creative Management. It will publish in hardback, trade paperback, audiobook and e-book in 2027 Death Of A Dictator is billed as a “gripping Second World War histo...
