Alistair Horne

Sir Alistair Horne CBE FRSL
Born	(1925-11-09)9 November 1925 London, England
Died	25 May 2017(2017-05-25) (aged 91) Oxfordshire, England
Notable work	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017^[1]) 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.^[2]

Horne worked as a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph from 1952 to 1955. He was the official biographer of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan

Horne died on 25 May 2017 at his Oxfordshire, England home at the age of 91.^[1]

Honours and awards

• CBE (1992)
• Knight Bachelor (2003)
• Chevalier, Ordre de la Légion d'honneur (1993)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1968)

References

1. "Sir Alistair Horne, historian, journalist and former spy – obituary". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
2. "Alistair Horne". Pan Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

Other websites

• "Alistair Horne". Pan Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-06.