Sex In History
$74.56
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
3 November 1993
Summary
SEX IN HISTORY chronicles the pleasures- and perils- of the flesh from the time of mankind’s distant ancestors to the modern day; from a sexual act which was bried, crude and purposeful, to the myriad varieties of contemporary sexual mores.
Reay Tannahill’s scholarly, yet accessible study ranges from the earliest form of contraception (one Egyptian concoction included crocodile dung) to some latter- day misconceptions about it- like the men who joined their lovers in taking the pill ‘ju…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349104867 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349104867 |
| Author: | Reay Tannahill |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 1993 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 350mm x 196mm |
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Sanity on the subject of sex is all too rare; wit is in even shorter supply; and an engaging style is about as commonplace as eyebrows on an egg. Three cheers therefore, for Reay Tannahill.
Level-headed…diligent, provocative and fascinating. The book is the most complete of its kind ever written. - TIME
Sanity on the subject of sex is all too rare; wit is in even shorter supply; and an engaging style is about as commonplace as eyebrows on an egg. Three cheers therefore, for Reay Tannahill. - WASHINGTON POSTA shatteringly wide-ranging survey. - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Reay Tannahill
After a varied career, Reay Tannahill was asked to write a short illustrated history of Regency England. Then she wrote several books - both non-fiction and fiction. PASSING GLORY won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year award. She died in December 2007.
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