Marquis de Sade: depraved monster or misunderstood genius? It’s complicated
Marquis de Sade: depraved monster or misunderstood genius? It’s complicated: Portrait of the sadist as a young man by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (1719-1795). Author provided Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was a bestselling author in his day and yet he spent most of his life behind bars. His novels inspired the term …