If, telling about his youth, de Latude hid something, and embellished something, trying to present himself to readers in the most favorable light possible, then in the story of his experiences in prison he is certainly true and sincere, and the facts to which he points are confirmed by numerous documentary data. In that formidable indictment, which an impartial story compiled against the French monarchy, de Latude's notes belong, by right, far from the last place.