The King's Secret (Secret du Roi or Secret du Roy in French) refers to the secret diplomatic channels used by King Louis XV of France during his reign...

Malesherbes in 1758. In 1756, d'Éon joined the secret network of spies called the Secret du Roi ('King's Secret'), employed by King Louis XV without the knowledge...

service of Louis XV. He is chiefly remembered in connection with the Secret du Roi. As second son of François-Marie, duc de Broglie, he was accorded the...

The Bureau du Roi (French pronunciation: [byʁo dy ʁwa], 'the King's desk'), also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk (French: Secrétaire à cylindre de Louis...

After two campaigns on the island, he became a member of the Secret du Roi, the secret service under Louis XV, which gave full scope to his diplomatic...

interest. French policy was, moreover, complicated by the existence of the Secret du Roi—a system of private diplomacy conducted by King Louis XV. Unbeknownst...

ISBN 978-0-233-98511-4 Notre ami le roi, 1990 (Our Friend the King, 1993 ISBN 2-07-032695-0) Le Secret du Roi (1992-1996) La Passion polonaise, 1992...

French funding, and assistance from Louis's personal secret intelligence service, the Secret du Roi, Gustave III returned to Stockholm. On 19 August 1772...

a fencing contest leading to his appointment as a "gendarme de la garde du roi" by king Louis XVI. Having received music and musical composition lessons...

previous ambassador. Before he left France, he was inducted into the Secret du Roi. Vergennes arrived in Constantinople as the Seven Years' War was brewing...