André Castelot

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 awarded the Prix d’Académie of the Académie Française four times: in 1951 for Philippe Égalité, le prince rouge, in 1952 for Dans l’ombre de l'histoire. Souvenirs du prince de Faucigny-Lucinge, in 1954 for Marie-Antoinette and in 1984 for the body of his historical work.

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)