Reay Tannahill was a British historian, non-fiction writer, and novelist who lived from 1929 until. He is best known for writing two non-fiction books that became bestsellers: Sex in History and Food in History.

Tannahill, R. (1992). Sex in history (2nd ed.). Chelsea, Scarborough House.

This book was written with the intention of putting the human sex drive as well as its social and moral repercussions into the broadest possible historical context. Its scope encompasses the entire panorama of sexual attitudes, customs, and practices in all of the world’s major civilizations from the earliest times all the way up until the present day.