The best fantastic historical novels
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Are you looking for something comfortable, a kind of spectacular? A book that makes you want to curl up with a good cup of tea and get lost? Below, I chose the five best historic fantastic novels that you can read now.
There is just something in historical fantasy. Although their worlds are ours, although many, a lot Years ago – the best historical fantastic novels can feel as foreign as an epic fantasy in a invented land. Just add that the little touch of magic is sufficient to give history to the story in a new and exciting way.
And let’s talk about history for a second – historical fiction specifically. I am cursed to know a little too much on my favorite time periods, as I am sure that some of you too. This means that when a historical fictional novel makes a little mistake, it can read me as a blatant error. It is sure to throw myself right away from everything I read, no matter how good it was to this point.
I think that’s why I love historical fantasy so much. The magic is already anachronistic, so I can lower my guard and take full advantage of what I read. And I hope you can too.
Here are the five best historic fantastic novels that you can read now.
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The best fantastic historical novels
The daughters of the volcano by Gina María Balibrera
At the beginning of the 20th century, the military dictator known as El Gran Pendejo governs Salvador with an iron fist. This dark novel of times follows the distant sisters Graciela and Consuelo as they flee the genocide which took the life of all the friends of Graciela. It is a story of magical realism that touches the heart, and it deserves a place on your TBR.
Sorcier at the Crown by Zen cho
The first book in the Royal Sorcerer series by Zen Cho, Sorcier at the Crown Center on Zacharias Wythe, a man formerly enslaved who became a royal sorcerer of unnatural philosophers. As the first black man to play in the role, Zacharias has all his eyes on him. Now Regency England is short of magic. It is up to the royal sorcerer to go to Fairyland and to understand why.
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Located in the 7th century Great Britain, Hild is a fictitious account of the life of Saint-Hilda de Whitby and the first novel in the Hild sequence. The novel retraces the life of the young Hild while growing up, from the niece of the king to the seer of the king, putting his powers of premonition at work. This is a dense masterpiece of a book, steeped in Anglo-Saxon history and tradition. Hild has won its place on your bedside table.
Babel By RF Kuang
At the end of the 1820s, Robin, an orphan Cantonese, found himself deposited in London. There, he trains as a translator, studying Chinese and ancient languages. He spent his whole life preparing for his inevitable entry into the Royal Institute of Translation: Magic Epicentre in London and the key to British domination over the world. Once Robin gets there, however, he realizes that the colonization of his birthplace by his adopted homeland is at a price. Where will its loyalty be located in the end?
A wonderful light by Freya Marske
The Edouardian alternative by Freya Marske is one of my favorite historical fantastic contexts. Here, the readers meet Robin Blyth, a poor barnet, whose new bureaucratic post turns out to be a royal error. He is supposed to keep the public in ignorance of the existence of magic in the British islands. There is only one problem: Robin himself was not aware of the magic until he took the post. With his mysteriously disappeared predecessor and his new abrasive magic colleague, Robin has work A wonderful light.
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