Corridors of Power
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Corridors of Power is a political novel by British author C. P. Snow that explores the interplay of power, ethics, and personal ambition within the British government.
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| Corridors of Power canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corridors of Power Context triple: [C. P. Snow, notableWork, Corridors of Power]
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A.
Corridors of Power
Corridors of Power is a 1982 hard rock album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, showcasing his virtuosic playing and melodic songwriting.
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B.
Witness to Power
Witness to Power is a political memoir by former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon White House and the Watergate scandal.
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C.
The Path to Power
The Path to Power is the first volume of Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, detailing his early life and relentless rise in Texas politics.
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D.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
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E.
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power is the fourth volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, covering Johnson’s vice presidency and his dramatic assumption of the presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corridors of Power Target entity description: Corridors of Power is a political novel by British author C. P. Snow that explores the interplay of power, ethics, and personal ambition within the British government.
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A.
Corridors of Power
Corridors of Power is a 1982 hard rock album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, showcasing his virtuosic playing and melodic songwriting.
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B.
Witness to Power
Witness to Power is a political memoir by former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon White House and the Watergate scandal.
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C.
The Path to Power
The Path to Power is the first volume of Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, detailing his early life and relentless rise in Texas politics.
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D.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
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E.
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power is the fourth volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, covering Johnson’s vice presidency and his dramatic assumption of the presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | C. P. Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Roger Quaife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterRole | rising politician ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between public duty and private life
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interplay of power and ethics ⓘ nuclear weapons policy debate ⓘ policy-making in government ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | contributed to public understanding of elite political culture in Britain ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as a key work in C. P. Snow’s sequence ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British politics
NERFINISHED
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government bureaucracy ⓘ moral responsibility of politicians ⓘ policy and science interface ⓘ political careers ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | phrase referring to the inner workings of political power ⓘ |
| influenced | use of the phrase "corridors of power" in political discourse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | post-war British literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Strangers and Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ethics in government
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moral compromise ⓘ personal ambition ⓘ political power ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Lewis Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | C. P. Snow’s Strangers and Brothers sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Lewis Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
British government
NERFINISHED
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Whitehall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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