At Home With The Marquis De Sade

Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), one of the most perplexing personalities of Western culture, has been called ''the freest spirit who ever lived'' and ''a frenetic and abominable assemblage of all crimes and obscenities''. Yet scant attention has been given to the two women who were the catalysts of his fate: his loyal, tolerant wife, Renee-Pelagie, and his vindictive mothe...