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Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy
Boys at Sea Sodomy Indecency and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy
Author: B.R. Burg
Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. It deals not only with sex among ordinary crewmen, but reveals that the most consistent feature of prosecutions for sodomy and indecency involved officers forcing their attentions on ships' boys. The book traces every feature of sexuality at sea, and pr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780230522282
ISBN-10: 0230522289
Publication Date: 8/21/2007
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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