André Castelot
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| Born | André Storms 23 January 1911 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 18 July 2004 (aged 93) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Julienne Carré |
| Relatives | Maurice Chabas (father) Gabrielle Alice Castelot (mother) Jacques Castelot (brother) |
André Castelot, born André Storms (23 January 1911, Antwerp – 18 July 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot (née Gabrielle Alice Castelot), and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
Selected works
- Louis XVII. L'énigme résolue (1947) - about Louis XVII
- Le mystère de Louis XVII (1953)
- Marie-Antoinette d'après des documents inédits (1953) - about Marie Antoinette
- (UK ed.) Marie Antoinette (1957) - translation by Denise Folliot
- (US ed.) Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette (1957)
- L'Aiglon: Napoléon Deux (1959) - about Napoleon II
- (UK ed.) Napoleon's Son (trans. 1960) - translation by Robert Baldick
- (US ed.) King of Rome: A Biography of Napoleon's Tragic Son (1960)
- Joséphine (1961) - about Josephine de Beauharnais
- (trans.) Josephine. A Biography (1967) - translation by Denise Folliot
- Le Grand Siècle de Paris: De la prise de la Bastille a l'effondrement de la Commune (1955)
- (trans.) Paris: The Turbulent City 1783–1871 (1962)
- Les Grandes Heures de Napoléon (6 vols., 1964)
- Histoire de Napoléon Bonaparte (10 vols., 1969) - about Napoleon Bonaparte
- (trans.) Napoleon (1971)
- Napoléon III et le second empire (6 vols., 1975) - about Napoleon III
- François I (1983) - about Francis I of France
- Henri IV, le passionné (1986) - about Henry IV of France
- Grande histoire illustrée de Napoléon (9 vols., 1989)
- Fouché: Le double jeu (1990) - about Joseph Fouché
- La Reine Margot (1993) - about Margaret of Valois
- Louis-Philippe: le méconnu (1994) - about Louis Philippe I
Adaptations
- Napoleon II, the Eagle (1961, film)
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