Ghislain de Diesbach de Belleroche (6 August 1931 – 14 December 2023) was a French writer and biographer. He died on 14 December 2023, at the age of 92.[1]
Works
1960: Iphigénie en Thuringe : nouvelles, Julliard, Paris
1962: Un joli train de vie, Julliard
1964: Favre de Thierrens, essai biographique, Émile-Paul, Paris ; Preface by André Bonnefous, 1 vol. in-12, 219 pp. and 26 illustrations hors-texte.
1964: Les Secrets du Gotha, Julliard; reprint at Éditions Perrin [fr], Paris 2012
1966: George III, Berger-Levrault; Paris
1969: Le Grand Mourzouk, Julliard; reprint at Via Romana [fr], Versailles, 2015
1969: Le tour de Jules Verne en quatre-vingts livres, Julliard; reprint under the title Le tour de Jules Verne en 80 livres, Perrin, 2002, ISBN2-262-01677-1
1972: Le Gentilhomme de notre temps : manuel des bonnes manières, nouveau traité de savoir-vivre, Hachette Littérature, Paris
1986: La Princesse Bibesco : 1886-1973, Perrin, series "Terres des femmes", ISBN2-262-00394-7
1988: La Double vie de la duchesse Colonna : 1836-1879 : la Chimère Bleue, Perrin, series "Terres des femmes", ISBN2-262-00516-8. Reprint by éditions de Penthes, Prégny-Genève, 2015
1999: Prix Charles Garnier for Ferdinand de Lesseps, Perrin, 1998, ISBN2-262-01234-2
2000: Prix Renaissance for le Petit dictionnaire des idées mal reçues, Via Romana, Versailles, 2007 ISBN978-2-916727-16-5
Family
The Diesbach family is of Swiss origin, from the canton of Berne. At the time of the Reformation, part of the family remained Catholic and, having to leave Bern, took refuge in Fribourg. The Diesbachs have supplied a large number of officers to the foreign service, notably in Austria, France, Poland, Sardinia, and Naples. In France the Swiss regiment of Diesbach, created in 1690, became the 85th regiment of line infantry [fr].