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.

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)

Selected works edit

  • 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 edit