Philibert Audebrand

Philibert Audebrand (31 December 1815 - 10 September 1906) was a French writer, journalist, author of medieval chronicles, satirical verses and historical novels. In ''Mémoires d'un passant'' (Calmann-Lévy, 1893), he dedicated a tasty portrait to Bernard-François Balssa, Honoré de Balzac's father whom he considers as a prodigious person.

He wrote under two pseudonyms: Alpha and Eugène Duvernay. Provided by Wikipedia