Magical Historical Fiction (literally and figuratively)
Explore enchanting tales with our list of magical historical fiction books—where history meets fantasy, literally and figuratively. Discover spellbinding stories that blend real eras with mystical elements!
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Wise Child
by Monica Furlong
In a remote Scottish village, nine-year-old Wise Child is taken in by Juniper, a healer and sorceress. Then Wise Child’s mother, Maeve, a black witch, …
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Power and Stone
by Alice Leader
1340 AD. Britain is a conquered land - the edge of civilisation. It is a long, long way from Rome to Hadrian's Wall - and …
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The Seeing Stone
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical stone which shows him images of the legendary King …
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Witch Child
by Celia Rees
The year is 1659, a time of fear and lies. For Mary Newbury, it is a time of desperation. While she watches, unable to intervene, …
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The Perilous Gard
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
In 1558 while imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl becomes involved in a series of events that leads to an underground labyrinth peopled …
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Ghosts I Have Been
by Richard Peck
Blossom Culp is the outspoken outcast of Bluff City, always getting into trouble. No one wants to cross her, especially now that she's revealed that …
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Time Switch
by Matt Chamings
Strange things are happening behind Jed and Lizzie's house. The ghostly figure of a boy appears out of thin air and vanishes again. Who is …
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Waiting for Odysseus
by Clemence McLaren
Four women. Four stories. One man's journey. Odysseus. His epic tale has been told countless times, but rarely is it heard through the voices of …
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The Forestwife
by Theresa Tomlinson
Mary, 15 years old and an orphan, must flee into Sherwood Forest to avoid an arranged marriage. There her life truly begins, for she finds …