Jacques Chastenet de Castaing (; 20 April 1893, in
Paris
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– 7 February 1978, in Paris) was a
French journalist
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,
historian
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and
diplomat
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.
''
Le Temps
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'', which first appeared on 25 April 1861, was a major moderate and liberal newspaper. After
World War I
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(1914–18) it moved towards the right and the confederations of major French employers. In 1924 the paper opposed the
Cartel des Gauches.
Émile Mireaux and Jacques Chastenet were put in charge of the paper in 1931. Their diplomatic positions eventually became those of Great Britain. After the defeat of France in
World War II
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(1939–45) the newspaper's distribution was restricted to the ''
zone libre
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''. It ceased publication on 29 November 1942 following the German invasion of the zone libre.
Chastenet was elected to the
Académie française
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on 29 November 1956.
Bibliography
*1918 ''Du Sénat constitué en Cour de Justice''
*1941 ''William Pitt'' (Fayard)
*1943 ''Godoy, Prince de la Paix'' (Fayard)
*1945 ''Vingt ans d’histoire diplomatique, 1919–1939'' (Le Milieu du monde)
*1945 ''Wellington'' (Fayard)
*1946 ''Le Parlement d’Angleterre'' (Fayard)
*1946 ''Les Grandes heures de Guyenne'' (Colbert)
*1947 ''Le Siècle de Victoria'' (Fayard)
*1948 ''Raymond Poincaré'' (Julliard)
*1949 ''La France de M. Fallières'' (Fayard)
*1952 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome I. L’Enfance de la Troisième (1870–1879)'' (Hachette)
*1953 ''Elisabeth Ière'' (Fayard)
*1954 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome II. La République des Républicains (1879–1893)'' (Hachette)
*1955 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome III. La République triomphante (1893–1906)'' (Hachette)
*1956 ''Winston Churchill''
*1957 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome IV. Jours inquiets et jours sanglants (1906–1918)'' (Hachette)
*1958 ''Quand le bœuf montait sur le toit''
*1960 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome V. Les Années d’illusion (1918–*1931)'' (Hachette)
*1961 ''La vie quotidienne en Angleterre au début du Règne de Victoria, 1837–1851'' (Hachette)
*1962 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome VI. Déclin de la Troisième (1931–1938)'' (Hachette)
*1963 ''Histoire de la IIIe République, Tome VII. Le drame final (1938–1940)'' (Hachette)
*1964 ''La guerre de 1914–1918'' (Hachette)
*1965 ''L’Angleterre d’aujourd’hui'' (Calmann-Lévy)
*1966 ''La vie quotidienne en Espagne au temps de Goya''
*1967 ''Histoire de l’Espagne''
*1967 ''En avant vers l’Ouest. La conquête des États-Unis par les Américains''
*1968 ''Léon Gambetta''
*1970 ''De Pétain à de Gaulle'' (Fayard)
*1970 ''Cent ans de République, 9 vol.'' (Tallandier)
*1974 ''Quatre fois vingt ans'' (Plon)
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L'Académie française
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1893 births
1978 deaths
Writers from Paris
Members of the Académie Française
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
French male writers
20th-century French male writers