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Historical Fiction - Renaissance Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Renaissance genre:

Magic in My Shoes (1958)

When Sally meets Josset Ormond at her aunt's home, she cannot determine whether he is a single boy or a set of triplets.

Author(s): Constance Winifred Savery
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

A Traveler in Time (1964)

First published in 1939 this story of Penelope's shifting from present day England to Elizabethan times and back initiated a whole genre of 'time slip' fantasy.  Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Alison Uttley
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The King's Beard (1965)

Sixteen year old John Forrester sails with Sir Francis Drake in his daring raid on Cadiz.

Author(s): Leonard Wibberley
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Player’s Boy (1970)

This is the first part of Antonia Forest’s historical novel about Shakespeare and his times.... View More

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): John Holder

The Players and the Rebels (1971)

This is the second part of Antonia Forest’s historical romance of Shakespeare’s time.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): John Holder

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