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Alistair Horne
Sir Alistair Horne was born in London in 1925, and has spent much of his life abroad, including periods at schools in the United States and Switzerland. He served with the R.C.A.F....view moreSir Alistair Horne was born in London in 1925, and has spent much of his life abroad, including periods at schools in the United States and Switzerland. He served with the R.C.A.F. in Canada in 1943 and ended his war service with the rank of Captain in the Coldstream Guards attached to MI5 in the Middle East. He then went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English Literature and played international ice-hockey.
After leaving Cambridge, Alistair Horne concentrated on writing: he spent three years in Germany as correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and speaks fluent French and German. His books include Back into Power; Small Earthquake in Chile; The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 ; and The Seven Ages of Paris. A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–62 won both the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize and the Wolfson History Award in 1978, and he is the official biographer of Harold Macmillan. In 1970, he founded a research Fellowship for young historians at St Antony’s College, Oxford. In 1992 he was awarded the CBE; in 1993 he received the French Légion d’Honneur for his work on French history and a Litt.D. from Cambridge University.view less
Books by Alistair Horne
Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century The Scourge of the Swastika: A Short History of Nazi War Crimes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Far From Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805-1815 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Audiobooks by Alistair Horne
Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Ages of Paris Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Age of Napoleon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Lose a Battle: France 1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings