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Pardon My French: The Marquis de Sade

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Letter De Cachet

In 17 74, at the age of 34, the marquis de sade disappears into a towering french prison called vincent. The delayed news had been part of an trap to flush him out, set by none other than his mother in law. In her quest to put her deviant son in law behind bars, madame de montreville secured an important legal document from the king of france. It allowed you to imprison someone indefinitely, not for what they had done, but for what they might do in the future.

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