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Time travel books - quite niche requests

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CatBusStop · 15/05/2026 12:08

Hi, DD (12) loves history and would like some fiction recommendations where ideally historical characters (Tudors onwards) time travel to modern day. But would also consider modern-day characters travelling back in time.
My only suggestion so far was Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck.
Thanks!

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DisplayPurposesOnly · 15/05/2026 13:41

Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

Fifthtimelucky · 15/05/2026 13:38

Most of the time travel books I can think of are modern day travellers going back in time.

I’d recommend:

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley (partly set in Tudor times)
The Ghosts by Antonia Barber
Tom’s Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
The Chimneys of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston

Will have a think to see if I can remember any more.

Edited to add Moondial by Helen Cresswell.