Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy

By B.R. Burg

Book Overview

Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Articles of War .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230522289
• ISBN13: 9780230522282
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"