Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin

The Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (Secret History of the Court of Berlin) was a scandalous work published in 1789 by Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau. Mirabeau, a prominent figure in the early French Revolution, wrote this book using material gathered during a secret mission to Berlin.1

The book offered an inside look at the Prussian court, but its unscrupulous use of information led to controversy. Mirabeau was a French politician and orator known for advocating for a constitutional monarchy. His brother, André-Boniface-Louis Riqueti, viscount de Mirabeau, was a staunch conservative who opposed the Revolution.12