Learn about the life and work of Sir Alistair Horne, a British historian whose books have been read and praised by George W. Bush, Ariel Sharon and Robert Fisk. Find out how he sees the parallels and differences between the Algerian War and the Iraq War.
Alistair Horne, a British historian whose prizewinning works included a gripping account of the battle of Verdun and a keen analysis of the French-Algerian war that President George W. Bush read ...
Sir Alistair Horne, obituary: war historian whose work was widely read and admired. A spy in Palestine and Cairo during the Second World War, Horne’s oeuvre included books on French history, the ...
Alistair Horne was a British journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography, and received several honours and awards.
Alistair Horne is a British historian and biographer who has written books on various topics, such as Algeria, France, and Harold Macmillan. He has won several awards and honors for his work, including the CBE and the Légion d’Honneur.
Alistair Horne brings the period to vivid life and carefully reconstructs the events of the Paris siege, the humiliating peace terms that would later trigger WWI, the seizure of power by the Communards, and the civil war that ensued, fought through the streets of Paris. By their static nature, sieges are notoriously difficult to write about.
Sir Alistair Horne, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished historian, ex-spy and The Daily Telegraph’s former man in Berlin, a post from which he was sacked for offending Lady Pamela Berry ...
Alistair Horne does a brilliant job by describing the pre-war condition of French Algeria and breaks commonly held misconception. 1.) Not all Pied noirs were grand colons .Infact, most were petit blanc 2.) Most Algerian Intellectuals didn't ask for independence. They wanted equal rights.( atleast in the beginning of the war)
Sir Alistair was born on November 9, 1925, to parents Sir Allan and Lady Auriol Horne. His mother was the niece of the 13th Earl of Kinnoull. Lady Auriol died when Sir Alistair was five after ...
Sir Alistair Horne is the author of over 20 books on history and politics. They include A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE: Algeria 1954-1962 (winner of the Wolfson Prize); THE PRICE OF GLORY: Verdun 1916 (winner of the Hawthornden Prize); HOW FAR FROM AUSTERLITZ?: Napoleon 1805-1815; and SEVEN AGES OF PARIS. In 1969, he founded the Alistair Horne Fellowship to help young historians at St. Antony's College ...
Alistair Allan Horne was born on Nov. 9, 1925, in London. His mother, the former Auriol Hay-Drummond, died when he was 4 after her car slid off a Belgian road into a river, where she drowned.
Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1925) is a British journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He is a son of Sir Allan Horne (died 1944)[1] and Auriol (née Hay-Drummond),[2] niece of the 13th Earl of Kinnoull. As a boy during World War II, Horne was sent to live in the United States. He attended Millbrook School, where he ...
Alistair Allan Horne, né le 9 novembre 1925 à Londres et mort le 25 mai 2017, est un historien et journaliste anglais, spécialiste de la France moderne. Biographie. Adolescent pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il demeure quelques années aux États-Unis. Il s'y lie d'amitié ...
Mr. Horne, a onetime British spy, often wrote about France and “the malignancy of war.”
In 1969, he founded the Alistair Horne Fellowship to help young historians at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He was awarded the French Legion d'honneur in 1993 and received a knighthood in 2003 for his work on French history. Horne and his artist wife, Sheelin, live in Oxfordshire. Sir Alistair Horne is the author of over twenty books on history ...
Sir Alistair Horne’s Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year is published by Simon & Schuster. Read More. The Latest; NR PLUS Magazine. Searing Defeat. Alistair Horne. March 18, 2010.
阿利斯泰尔·霍恩（英語： Alistair Horne ，1925年11月9日—2017年5月25日）是一位英国记者、传记作家和历史学家，专攻19世纪和20世纪的法国历史 [1] ，主要作品有《拿破仑：文治与武功》（The Age of Napoleon）、《凡尔登战役：荣耀的代价，1916》（The Price of Glory：Verdun 1916）、《巴黎陷落——围城与公社 ...
Sir Alistair Horne’s deep research ensured that his books were critical darlings. GEOFFREY SWAINE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK. Friday May 26 2017, 5.00pm, The Times “Writing about the history of France,” according to Alistair Horne, “has the elements of a love affair with an irresistible woman.” Horne did not resist.
Alistair Horne was educated in Switzerland, at Millbrook School, New York, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played international ice hockey. In World War II, initially a volunteer in the RAF, he served with the Coldstream Guards between 1944 and 1947, ending as a captain attached to MI5 in the Middle East. In the 1950s he was a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph until ...
