Sade's escape from Vincennes
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Illustration: Portrait fantaisiste du marquis de Sade (1866) by H. Biberstein
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On July 15 or July 16 1778, on the return trip to Vincennes from Aix-en-Provence, Sade escapes from Inspector Marais at Valence and hides out in the neighbourhood of La Coste. In spite of his legal victory at Aix, he is still a prisoner of the King's virtue of the lettre de cachet of February 13, 1777. He returns to his castle on August 23.
He is arrested at 4:00 A.M. by Marais on August 26 and transported back to Vincennes.
Sade later described what happened in his "Story of My Imprisonment."
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