André Castelot

André Castelot
BornAndré Storms
(1911-01-23)23 January 1911
Antwerp, Belgium
Died18 July 2004(2004-07-18) (aged 93)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
OccupationNovelist
NationalityFrench
SpouseJulienne Carré
RelativesMaurice 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); trans. Marie Antoinette (1957) - about Marie Antoinette
  • King of Rome: A Biography of Napoleon's Tragic Son (trans., 1960) - about Napoleon II
  • Joséphine (1961) - about Josephine de Beauharnais
  • Paris: The Turbulent City 1783–1871 (trans., 1962)
  • Les Grandes Heures de Napoléon (6 vols., 1964)
  • Histoire de Napoléon Bonaparte (10 vols., 1969); trans. Napoleon (1971) - about Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Napoléon III et le second empire (6 vols., 1975) - about Napoleon III
  • Grande histoire illustrée de Napoléon (9 vols., 1989)
  • Fouché: Le double jeu (1990) - about Joseph Fouché

Adaptations