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Line 24: ==Life as a spy== In 1756 d'Éon joined the secret network of spies called Le [[Secret du Roi]] which worked for [[List of French monarchs\|King]] [[Louis XV of France\|Louis XV]] personally, without the knowledge of the government, and sometimes against official policies and treaties~~. Others in this group include Prince de Conti, the Marechal de Noailles, Beaumarchais, and M. de Tercier~~. The monarch sent d'Éon on a secret mission to [[Imperial Russia\|Russia]] in order to meet [[Elizabeth of Russia\|Empress Elizabeth]] and intrigue with the pro-French faction against the [[Habsburg monarchy]]. Later tales claim that d'Éon disguised herself as a lady ''Lia de Beaumont'' to do so, and even became a [[maid of honour]] to the Empress. D'Éon's career in Russia is the subject of one of [[Valentin Pikul]]'s novels, ''Le chevalier d'Éon et la guerre de Sept ans''. D'Éon was secretary to the embassy in St. Petersburg from 1758 to 1760.<ref name="Burrows">{{cite book \| last =Burrows \| first =Simon

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