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Reay Tannahill


Born
in Glasgow, Scotland, The United Kingdom
December 09, 1929

Died
November 02, 2007

Genre
Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Romance


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 His ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 4,940 ratings · 438 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
Food in History
3.97 avg rating — 1,619 ratings — published 1973 — 38 editions
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Sex in History
3.89 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 1980 — 39 editions
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The Seventh Son
3.71 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions
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Fatal Majesty: A Novel of M...
3.67 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions
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A Dark and Distant Shore
3.70 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions
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The World, the Flesh and th...
3.91 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions
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Flesh and Blood: A History ...
3.87 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions
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In Still and Stormy Waters
3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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Return of the Stranger
3.75 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions
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Having the Builders in (Dam...
3.14 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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“the purpose of so much of her life, she had won she had won. Smiling, she closed her eyes and drifted towards death.”
― reay tannahill
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“Sapphires for my bride-to-be and a severed head for the king my brother," said Duke Richard cheerfully. "As St Paul pointed out, gifts may vary but the spirit is the same. In the present instance, a spirit of goodwill.”
― Reay Tannahill, The Seventh Son
tags: historical-fiction, richard-iii, wars-of-the-roses
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