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Timeslip books

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NanKate Thu 20-Nov-25 08:21:15

I love reading timeslip books and can highly recommend Kelley Armstrong (just her timeslip books not the more weird topics). ‘RIP through time’ books. Set mostly in Victorian Edinburgh.

Irana Shapiro `Wonderland’ 5 book series. Set in the 17th century.

Any other time travellers amongst us?

Welshdragon59 Sat 22-Nov-25 19:47:11

Horse by Geraldine Brookes pararrel stories so not sure if quite the same but brilliant story

Grandmabatty Sat 22-Nov-25 19:30:05

How could I have forgotten Labrynth! Superb book

grandmac Sat 22-Nov-25 19:09:16

The House on the Strand is one of my all time favourite books.

Oreo Sat 22-Nov-25 17:26:03

Thanks to all for the book recommendations, am putting a few of them on my wish list.😃

Mollygo Sat 22-Nov-25 17:15:31

Dempie55
Also A Knight in Shining Armour by Jude Deveraux, though that might be out of print now!
Just checked. It’s available on Kindle.

Mollygo Sat 22-Nov-25 17:12:25

Dempie55

Also A Knight in Shining Armour by Jude Deveraux, though that might be out of print now!

Thanks for the reminder. I’d forgotten that one. I have almost all JD’s books. Now I’ll have to go and read them again.

readsalot Sat 22-Nov-25 16:55:18

I’m reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. Very good read.

rosiebobs Sat 22-Nov-25 16:36:23

I also love the timeslip stories. The House on the Strand was probably the first one I read. Ive also read some of Barbara Erskines. I look forward to reading some of the other suggestions. I didnt realise these type of stories were so popular, thought it was just me.

Dempie55 Sat 22-Nov-25 16:07:12

Granmarderby10

Oh I loved A Traveller In Time Dempie55 It was our first book to read in English literature at senior school…back in 1972🥲
I never knew it had been dramatised for TV though.

You can buy the DVD on Ebay if you still have a player!

Granmarderby10 Sat 22-Nov-25 15:58:55

Oh I loved A Traveller In Time Dempie55 It was our first book to read in English literature at senior school…back in 1972🥲
I never knew it had been dramatised for TV though.

Dempie55 Sat 22-Nov-25 15:09:57

Also A Knight in Shining Armour by Jude Deveraux, though that might be out of print now!

Dempie55 Sat 22-Nov-25 15:06:28

You might enjoy A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley (author of Little Grey Rabbit books) - a charming tale. It was a children’s TV series starring Sophie Thompson (sister of Emma).

saltnshake Sat 22-Nov-25 14:49:13

One of my favourites was written for children, it's The Children of Green Knowe.

Siptree Sat 22-Nov-25 14:45:10

I've just finished The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn, time periods 1951 and 2018.

Maremia Sat 22-Nov-25 14:42:40

My typo apologies, alita, and thanks also to Gillysugar

Maremia Sat 22-Nov-25 14:40:16

And your name suits the series sassenach smile

Maremia Sat 22-Nov-25 14:39:04

Interested in Miss Garnett's Angels, as my daughter is visiting Venice next year. Is it an easy read, as in nothing too traumatic?

sassenach512 Sat 22-Nov-25 14:38:44

I love Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series too but I often think she could cut them down a few hundred pages instead of the huge doorstops she puts out and maybe we won't wait 5 years or more for each one.
Yes Maremia I forget who's who too

Maremia Sat 22-Nov-25 14:36:59

I didn't know that about Elly Griffiths. Thought I had read most of her book. Thanks Allira.

Mollygo Sat 22-Nov-25 14:17:49

Thanks everyone, I’ll be looking up some of these for my Christmas list. My favourite time slip book is Legend, by Jude Deveraux.

Her wedding fast approaching, celebrated chef Kady Long knew she was the luckiest woman alive...until she slipped into a delicate satin wedding dress she found in an antique flour tin, and was overcome by an odd dizzy spell. When she came to, Kady was in the dusty western town of Legend, Colorado . . .

madeleine45 Sat 22-Nov-25 14:17:42

You might enjoy Miss Garnett's Angels , which is based in Venice. You could read it, straight through, or you could read it as two differing stories. I found it well written, and by someone who knows the area. Venice used to be my call in place , wherever I had been in Europe. I won't say more so as not to spoil it for others. Hope you enjoy it.

Gillysugar Sat 22-Nov-25 14:11:31

Elly Griffiths who writes the brilliant Ruth Galloway series of archeological murder mysteries has just released a time travelling murder mystery The Frozen People which I can highly recommend . I couldn't put it down . She is an excellent writer .

CariadAgain Sat 22-Nov-25 14:02:07

yep...another vote for Barbara Erskine. I expect I've read all of hers.

alita Sat 22-Nov-25 13:52:28

Frozen People by Elly Griffiths is very good.

labazs Sat 22-Nov-25 13:43:31

they sound a really good read thank you NanKate for the explanation on my list to read!