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- The Raven King
series13 books1996
similar byhistorical fantasy
Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition. The linked collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu, which includes the earlier story "Mr Simonelli, or the Fairy Widower," explores the same magical history from other corners of England and refers back to the legendary Raven King, said to have created English magic centuries before. The two books share a setting and mythology rather than a single sequential plot.
- Morning Star
H. Rider Haggardstandalone novel1910
similar byhistorical fantasyancient world+1 more
From the Back Cover of the Zebra Books paperback: "How can a man fight against a God?" Prince Abi asked the astrologer in an awed voice. "Say rather against two gods, for with the Star of Amen goes the Star of Hathor, Queen of Love. Not for many periods of thousands of years have they been together, but now they draw near to each other, and so will remain for all of your life. An evil influence is at work in your House of Life. Another star crosses and recrosses your path, and though for a long time you seem to swallow it up, yet at the last it eclipses you." The astrologer continued his prophecy for the prince of Egypt. "Amen and Hathor are against you. See where they eat you up, yes, yonder over the Valley of Dead Kings, though twenty years and more must go by ere then. And take this for your comfort: during those years you shine alone." As they watched the Eastern Horizon a faint rosy glow melted, and there in the pure heavens lying just where it met the distant land, seeming to rest upon the land, appeared a bright and beautiful star, and so close to that that, to the eye, they almost touched, a twin star. For a few minutes only they were seen; then they vanished beneath the line of the horizon. "The Star of Hathor," said the astrologer, "and with it The Morning Star of Amen".
- All Souls
series5 books2011
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A Discovery of Witches is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after finding a long-thought-lost manuscript and engages in a forbidden romance with a charming vampire, Matthew Clairmont.
- Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
series26 books1991
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Outlander is a series of historical fantasy novels by American author Diana Gabaldon. Gabaldon began the first volume of the series, Outlander, in the late 1980s; it was published in 1991. She has published nine out of a planned ten volumes. The ninth novel in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, was released on November 23, 2021.
- Vergil Magus
series9 books1969
similar byhistorical fantasyancient world
Avram Davidson's trilogy, completed after his death with Michael Swanwick's help, reimagines the historical Roman poet Virgil as a wizard-engineer, Vergil Magus, working real magic and craft in an alternate ancient Mediterranean where his legendary reputation as a sorcerer is literally true. The Phoenix and the Mirror opens with Vergil undertaking to forge a magical mirror of true seeing; Vergil in Averno and The Scarlet Fig carry him through further commissions and intrigue told in Davidson's dense, digressive prose. It is a heavily researched, idiosyncratic take on late-antique myth rather than conventional epic fantasy.
- Von Bek
series4 books1965
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Michael Moorcock's Von Bek novels follow the Von Bek family across different historical periods, part of his wider Eternal Champion multiverse. The sequence opens with The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981) and continues through The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and The City in the Autumn Stars.
- The Anubis Gates
series3 books1983
similar bymysterioushistorical fantasy
The Anubis Gates is a single time-travel fantasy novel by Tim Powers, following a present-day academic who takes part in a time-travel experiment and ends up stranded in early nineteenth-century London. It won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1983 and the Science Fiction Chronicle Award the following year.
- The Reluctant God
Pamela F. Servicestandalone novel1988
similar bymysterioushistorical fantasyancient world
Lorna Padgett, an archeologist's daughter, has inherited her father's love for ancient Egypt. Ameni lived over four thousand years ago. The son of a Pharoah, he loved adventure but had no idea what destiny the gods were holding for him. These two should never have met. But a walk in the hills near her father's dig leads Lorna into strange territory--and to an ancient discovery that brings timeless adventure, mystery, and danger.
- The Night Circus
Erin Morgensternstandalone novel2011
similar bymysterioushistorical fantasy
The Night Circus is a 2011 speculative fiction novel by Erin Morgenstern. It was originally written for the annual writing competition National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) over the span of three competitions. The novel has a nonlinear narrative written from multiple viewpoints.
- The Seven Fabulous Wonders
series7 books2001
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The Seven Fabulous Wonders is a fantasy series by Katherine Roberts currently comprising seven novels based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Pyramid Robbery (2001), The Babylon Game (2002), The Amazon Temple Quest (2002), The Mausoleum Murder (2003), The Olympic Conspiracy (2004), The Colossus Crisis (2005), and The Cleopatra Curse (2006).
- Birds of Prey
David Drakestandalone novel1984
similar bymysteriousancient worldhistorical fiction
Birds of Prey is a novel by science fiction / fantasy author David Drake, first published in 1984. It is related as a historical novel set in the Late Roman Empire, in the second half of the Third Century. There is a science-fictional twist to the story, starting with hints of a time warp on the very first page and slowly revealing to the reader—and the protagonist—what is really going on behind the scenes. The story is told in a very vivid style, suggestive of cinematography.
