Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy by B.R. Burg
Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition | August 21, 2007 | English | ISBN: 0230522289 | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition | August 21, 2007 | English | ISBN: 0230522289 | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB
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 provides a probing look at a dark and terrifying aspect of the lives of youngsters who served in Britain's warships.