Marquis de Sade Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name while others appeared anonymously, which Sade denied having written. Sade is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, suffering, criminality, and blasphemy against Christianity. He gained notoriety for putting these fantasies into practice with both
French ship Mars (1740) 1755 on a rock (now known as Mars Rock) near Halifax Harbour. French ship Mars (1740) Mars was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy. "Mars"' was captured by off Cape Clear in 1746. She taken into Royal Navy service as HMS "Mars" and was wrecked in 1755 near Halifax, Nova Scotia. She took part in the action that took off Ushant on 8 May 1744. "Le Mars" was captured by HMS "Nottingham" off Cape Clear, off Ireland in 1746. Commissioned in March 1747, under the command of Captain Edward Hawke. While on a voyage from