Upset with the prospect of a demotion, the Chevalier d’Eon published his diplomatic correspondence. Worried that d’Eon might reveal the King’s Secret, Louis XV desperately negotiated d’Eon’s return — with one catch: the Chevalier had to become a woman.
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