The Old Regime Police Blotter II: Sodomites, Tribads and Crimes Against Nature.

by Jim Chevallier

In Pre-Revolutionary France, sodomy (in all its different meanings) was, in theory, a capital crime, whether practiced between men (sodomites), women (tribads), heterosexual couples or (since it included masturbation) alone. In practice, most sodomy cases involved men, though this collection includes two legal cases involving women with a "monstrous attachment" to their own sex and a general glance at "unnatural" practices between heterosexuals. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1434819418
• ISBN13: 9781434819413
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"