Are there any books out there that combine fantasy and mystery with a historical background?
Are there any books out there that combine fantasy and mystery with a historical background?
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The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
The strange case of the alchemists daughter
The historian by Elizabeth Kostova
I loved these!
Not so much mystery but I loved The Falcon and the Hound by Judith Tarr.
Yes! Freak house trilogy
The Alchemist the secrets of the immortal life of Nicholas Flamel. It’s the first book out of 6 by Michael Scott a Irish Author. The characters are all based off of real people in history. It’s magic meets new world.
The discovery of witches
The Hangmans Daughter
This is my favorite sub genre
Yes! The Temeraire-series by Naomi Novik!
Set in Napoleon times, but with dragons as the aerial corp.
I read the hangman’s daughter that was really good!!
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H Wilson. It goes back and forth between present day and Imperial Russia.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11577576-thieftaker
Glass and Steel series by CJ Archer
God save the Queen by Kate Locke
Mary Stewarts books about Merlin and King Arthur. More fiction but in a believable historical context.
The Foes Between Us by J.M. Robison. It’s the first book in a series.