WINNER OF THE WOLFSON PRIZE 2013 HERALD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 The
extraordinary story of the Kremlin - from prize-winning author and
historian Catherine Merridale Both beautiful and profoundly
menacing, the Kremlin has dominated Moscow for many centuries.
Behind its great red walls and towers many of the most startling
events in Russia's history have been acted out. It is both a real
place and an imaginative idea; a shorthand for a certain kind of
secretive power, but also the heart of a specific Russian
authenticity. Catherine Merridale's exceptional book revels in both
the drama of the Kremlin and its sheer unexpectedness: an
impregnable fortress which has repeatedly been devastated, a symbol
of all that is Russian substantially created by Italians. The many
inhabitants of the Kremlin have continually reshaped it to accord
with shifting ideological needs, with buildings conjured up or
demolished to conform with the current ruler's social, spiritual,
military or regal priorities. In the process, all have claimed to
be the heirs of Russia's great historic destiny.
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