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Alistair Horne

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born
November 09, 1925 in London, The United Kingdom

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History, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs


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Alistair Horne is a preeminent historian, journalist and Oxford fellow who has written seventeen books, many of them on the military history of France.He has won the following awards: Hawthornden Prize, 1963, for The Price of Glory; Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize and Wolfson Literary Award, both 1978, both for A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962; French Légion d'Honneur, 1993, for work on French history;and Commander of the British Empire (CBE), 2003.


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Average rating: 3.96 · 1,696 ratings · 239 reviews · 29 distinct works
Seven Ages of Paris
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 410 ratings — 4 editions
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The Price of Glory: Verdun ...
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1962 — 7 editions
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A Savage War of Peace: Alge...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1977 — 17 editions
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La Belle France
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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To Lose a Battle: France 1940
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions
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The Fall of Paris: The Sieg...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 71 ratings — 8 editions
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The Age of Napoleon
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 56 ratings — 9 editions
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How Far From Austerlitz?: N...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — 4 editions
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Kissinger: 1973, the Crucia...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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The Terrible Year
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions
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