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We are thrilled to announce that leading historian Sir Antony Beevor’s remarkable new biography of Rasputin will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in March 2026. Rasputin and the Dowager Empress’s Dream is an unparalleled portrait of one of history’s most dubious masterminds. US rights to PRH US; Brazilian rights to Planeta; Danish rights to Lindhardt of Ringhof; Finnish rights to WSOY; French rights to Calmann Levy; Italian rights to Rizzoli; Norwegian rights to Cappelen Damm; Portuguese rights to Bertrand; Romanian rights to Grup Media Litera; and Swedish rights to Historiska Media.

Beevor is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (W&N), Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 (Viking), Ardennes 1944: Hitler’s Last Gamble (Viking), The Second World War (W&N), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Viking) and the international million-copy bestseller Stalingrad (Viking), winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize.