PARIS (AP) — An original manuscript for the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom" has been withdrawn from a Paris auction after the French government declared it a "national treasure" and banned ...

Engraving of the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) Public domain/Mary Evans From his cell in the notorious Bastille prison, the French nobleman Marquis de Sade penned what is arguably the most perverted ...

Two hundred and thirty-one years ago this month, King Louis XVI of France lost his head. His execution by guillotine was a precursor of the Reign of Terror, a 10-month period from 1793 to 1794 when ...

It’s been almost two centuries since his death, yet French writer the Marquis de Sade has lost none of his ability to trigger moral debate. In Asia, South Korea has lifted a monthlong ban on his ...

An incredible French castle that once served as a prison which the Marquis de Sade escaped from has gone on the market for £3.85m. The historic Miolans Castle sits almost 1,800ft above sea level on a ...

A new Paris exhibition is to celebrate the life of the Marquis de Sade on the bicentenary of his death. The Marquis de Sade, the 19<sup>th-century writer who gave the world the word "sadist", will be ...

The original manuscript of "The 120 Days of Sodom or the School of Libertinage," by French writer Marquis de Sade is on display prior to the auction of the Aristophil Collections, in Paris, Tuesday, ...

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