Boys at Sea

Boys at Sea
Author: B. Burg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2007-07-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230590705

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 .