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Boys at sea : sodomy, indecency, and court martial in Nelson's navy
- Author
- Burg, B. R. (Barry Richard), 1938-
- Title
- Boys at sea : sodomy, indecency, and court martial in Nelson's navy / B. R. Burg.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Basingstonke [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2007] ©2007
- Description
- xv, 245 pages ; 23 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "Boys at Sea" is a study of homoerotic life on board ships of the Royal Navy in the age of fighting sail. It deals not only with sex among ordinary crewmen, but reveals that the most conspicuous feature of prosecution for sodomy and indeceny from the reign of Queen Anne almost to the dawn of the Victorian age involved officers forcing their attentions on unwilling ships' boys. 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. -- from publisher
- Kinsey subjects
- Homosexuality--Male--Great Britain--18th century Sex behavior in the military--Male
- ISBN
- 9780230522282