Newton Compton is a publishing house founded in Rome in 1969 by Vittorio Avanzini, who is still at the helm alongside his son Raffaello. In 2019, it entered the Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol. The publishing house is renowned for its reissued classics and one of the strongest catalogs in Italy for genre fiction, as well as numerous handbooks and non-fiction titles. With a rich and diverse catalog, the publisher combines entertainment and culture, offering classics and contemporary works at affordable prices. Newton Compton has published numerous bestsellers, including Matteo Strukul and Marcello Simoni's historical novels, as well as the books by Felicia Kingsley, the queen of Italian romance, with over 2 million copies sold and translations into 20 languages.