“The manuscript has always been cursed”: Joel Warner traces the remarkable journey of one of the most notorious literary scrolls in history
Warner acts as part literary historian, part biographer, and part amateur detective.
De Sade’s notorious manuscript scroll, an “emblem of literary and artistic freedom,” acquired by French nation for €4.55 million
The manuscript, deemed by the French government a national treasure, is one of the most controversial and frequently banned works ever published.