Marquis de Sade surrounding Matthew Lewis' "The Monk", Minerva Press released "The New Monk" as a supposed indictment of a wholly immoral book. It features the sadistic Mrs. Rod, whose boarding school for young women becomes a torture chamber equipped with its own "flogging-room". Ironically, "The New Monk" wound up increasing the level of cruelty, but as a parody of the genre, it illuminates the link between sadism and the Gothic novel. 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.
Alphonse de Créquy had not the talent of his brothers, and lost his various appointments in France. He went to London in 1672, where he became closely allied with Charles de Saint-Évremond, and was one of the intimates of King Charles II. Attribution: Alphonse de Créquy Alphonse de Créquy, Comte de Canaples (died 1711), was a French aristocrat who became a close friend of King Charles II of England. Alphonse de Créquy was the second son of Charles II de Créquy, seigneur de Canaple (who was the younger son of Charles I de Blanchefort, Marquis de Créquy a Marshal of France). In 1702