Historical fiction for kids or Historical fantasy for kids is one kind of fantasy which is related to historical fiction or is set in a historical background. The stories are set in a specific historical period but some elements of fantasy are added. Magical and mythical elements are added to the world of historical fiction .
In some stories magic withdraws itself from the world of historical fiction to allow history to continue as it is recorded like The Charwoman's Shadow by Lord Dunsany .
In some other stories we find that the story's background is purely fictional which either resembles a definite historical period or contains certain events from history. For example
- George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire " was inspired by the Wars of the Roses
- R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing
Most of the authors of
historical fictions get their ideas and inspiration from real events.
Some examples of historical fantasy are:
- R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing
- Gillian Bradshaw's Down the Long Wind
- C. J. Cherryh's The Russian Stories
- Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Kara Dalkey's Genpei
- Sara Douglass' The Crucible Trilogy
- David Gemmel's Lion of Macedon
- Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana
- Guy Gavriel Kay's A Song for Arbonne
- Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al-Rassan
- Guy Gavriel Kay's The Sarantine Mosaic
- Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the Sun
- Katherine Kurtz's Deryni
- Mary Stewart's Merlin series and The Wicked Day
- Judith Tarr's The Hound and the Falcon
- Harry Turtledove's Thessalonica
- Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates
- Delia Sherman's The Porcelain Dove
- Josepha Sherman's Prince of the Sidhe series
- Gene Wolfe's Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's The Saint-Germain
