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 Kershaw
A 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 *
[Offers] a number of fascinating insights into Putin [among] the massive array of facts on offer * Daily Telegraph *
I got so absorbed in Philip Short's biography of Putin that I overshot my [train] stop * Adrian Chiles, The Guardian *
Stupendous... The definitive biography of the man, and I do not expect it to be eclipsed as such in my lifetime, or ever -- John Evans, US Ambassador and Consul-General in St Petersburg, 1994-7
A monument of information and sober common sense. Of all the books I have read about Putin, this is the most comprehensive and sensible -- Rodric Braithwaite, UK Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992
Elegantly written and pacy * UK Today News, The Best New Political Books August 2022 *
(Praise for Philip Short on Mao): 'It is everything one could hope for: magisterial, beautifully written... and rich in material' * Guardian *
(Praise for Philip Short on Mao): 'A beautifully written, grippingly readable biography... A formidable piece of research' -- John Simpson * Sunday Telegraph *
(Praise for Philip Short on Pot Pot): 'Extraordinary and brilliant' * The Scotsman *
(Praise for Philip Short on Pot Pot): 'A superb, chilling, yet human portrait of a monster' -- Simon Sebag Montefiore
(Praise for Philip Short on Mitterand): 'A stunningly detailed investigation of a monumental political character' * The Independent *