Putin

Magisterial… based on access to a Who’s Who of senior politicians, diplomats and intelligence sources. * Guardian *An exhaustive profile * Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year *Exceptional… unlikely to be matched as a study of the man… It is readable, judicious, critical but balanced and focused on Putin the person rather than on the Putin regime * The Irish Times *[A] revealing and compellingly granular biography * Times Literary Supplement *Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin’s personality, ideas, power and the threat he has come to pose to world peace should read this outstanding biography – Ian KershawA masterly portrait of one of the most calculating and impenetrable individuals on the world stage * Irish Independent *As a chronicle of Putin’s public doings, the book is near faultless… [with] some sharply worded insights * The Times *A perfect mirror to its subject… This new biography should be compulsory reading * Observer *Philip Short’s timely new biography … provides a comprehensive, extensively researched account of Putin’s life, in the process debunking some of the more tenacious clichés about the Russian leader * New Statesman *Short brings to this project extensive research and fluid prose. This book is comprehensive in the best sense, a detailed and meticulous chronicle of Putin’s life * Literary Review *

Philip Short is the author of acclaimed biographies of Pol Pot, Mao Zedong and François Mitterrand. He worked for ten years as the BBC’s Paris correspondent and lives in France.