Pardon My French: The Marquis de Sade
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Marquis De Sade
The marquis de sade's decision to save his inlaws from the guillotine demonstrates a deep sense of humanity, mercy and self restraint that monsters just don't have. What people do with power when they have it tells you everything you need to know about them. Sad had every reason to want these people dead. His mother in law had been an object of his hatred for decades, a vexation.
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