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.
The Power of the Land the programs and 'practical projects' associated with it," he wrote. According to Plekhanov, Uspensky's works were indispensable for the Russian Marxists in their struggle against the narodniks' doctrine. The Power of the Land The Power of the Land () is a collection of sketches by Gleb Uspensky, first published in "Otechestvennye zapiski", Nos. 1-3, 1882. Followed by heated discussion in the Russian press, it was praised by liberals and panned by conservatives. In retrospect the book is regarded as Uspensky's major work. In September 1881 Gleb Uspensky purchased a house in the Syabrintsy village in the Chudovo region of Novgorod