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Reay Tannahill

Reay Tannahill was born on December 9, 1929 in Glasgow, Scotland, where she brought up. Her forename was the maiden name of her mother, Olive Reay. She was educated at Shawlands Academy, and obtained an MA in History and a postgraduate certificate in Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. In 1958, she married Michael Edwardes but the marriage ended in divorce in 1983, he died in 1990. Until her death on November 2, 2007, she lived in a smart terrace house in London near Tate Britain.

Before started to write, she worked as a probation officer, advertising copywriter, newspaper reporter, historical researcher and graphic designer. She published her first non-fiction book in 1964. The international success came with the novel Food in History, her publisher suggested a companion volume on the second great human imperative, Sex in History. For her 2002 revised edition of 'Food in History, she won the Premio Letterario Internazionale Chianti Ruffino Antico Fattore. She also wrote historical romance novels, and in 1990, her novel Passing Glory won in 1990 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She belonged to the Arts Club and the Authors' Club, and was chairman of the latter from 1997 to 2000.

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Born 9 December 1929
Died 2 November 2007

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  • Cover of: Food in history

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  • Cover of: Sex in history

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  • Cover of: Flesh and Blood: The History of the Cannibal Complex

    First published in 1975 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Passing glory

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  • Cover of: A dark and distant shore

    First published in 1983 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: In still and stormy waters

    First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Regency England: the great age of the colour print

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  • Cover of: The world, the flesh, and the Devil

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  • Cover of: Fatal majesty: a novel of Mary, Queen of Scots

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  • Cover of: The reluctant heiress

    First published in 1978 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Return of the stranger

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  • Cover of: Having the Builders in

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  • Cover of: The fine art of food.

    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The melancholy virgin

    First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Le sexe dans l'histoire

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The world, the flesh, and the devil

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Macht und Leidenschaft. Maria Stuart, Königin der Schotten.

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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Born 9 December 1929
Died 2 November 2007

Subjects

History, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, general, Great britain, fiction, Food, Histoire, Castles, Food habits, Great Britain, Inheritance and succession, Kings and rulers, Scotland, fiction, Vie sexuelle, Aliments, Biographical fiction, Blood, Blood (in religion, folk-lore, etc.), Blood, religious aspects, Buildings, Cannibalism, Castles England Fiction, Cooking, Cousins, Diet

Places

Great Britain, Scotland, France

People

Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Richard III King of England (1452-1485)

Time

15th century, 1789-1820, 19th century, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, Mary Stuart, 1542-1567, Revolution, 1789-1799

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Alternative names

  • Reay Tannahill
  • Annabel Laine

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