Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power is the ninth book in C. P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series. Its title had become a household phrase referring to the centres of government and power after Snow coined it in his earlier novel, "Homecomings". (A slightly rueful Foreword to "Corridors of Power" expresses the hope that he is at least entitled to use his own cliché.) "Corridors of Power" is concerned with the attempts of an English MP to influence the country's policy on nuclear weapons in the 1950s. The central character is Roger Quaife, an ambitious politician and Cabinet Minister.
Brumidi Corridors in frescos 1855, he spent much of the next 25 years until his death in 1880 working in the Capitol, painting the frieze of American history and "The Apotheosis of Washington" in the Rotunda as well as the Brumidi Corridors. The Brumidi Corridors were part of the new wing constructed under Architect of the Capitol Thomas U. Walter between 1852 and 1859. Brumidi began making designs for the corridors in 1856. The decorative painting of the walls and ceilings of the main corridors was carried out primarily between 1857 and 1859. Brumidi added details in the 1860s and frescoed the