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* ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold (Anime)|The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'' is set in the 16th century during Spain's exploration/exploitation of the New World, but with [[Lost Technology|Lost]] [[Magitek]].
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is set in the 1920s in America, and features a [[Church Militant|nun-with-a-gun]] and [[Deal With the Devil|the demon she's contracted to]] fighting demons and other supernatural threats. The manga also fits under [[Alternate History]] towards the end, but the anime makes a point of working in the 1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt into the finale of the show.
* ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' is 1920s Japan but with demons -- it's also somewhat [[Alternate History]], although the [[Schizo
* On that note, ''[[Inuyasha]]'' qualifies as well, since it's Sengoku-era Japan but with demons and magic, and yet the timeline appears to be unchanged.
* ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' is set in Sengoku Japan with a truckload of [[Functional Magic]] and [[Lensman Arms Race]] levels of new hidden powers coming to the forefront.
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* Paul Kearney's ''Macht Trilogy''. The first novel, ''The Ten Thousand '' retells [[Xenophon (Creator)|Xenophon]]'s ''[[Anabasis (Literature)|Anabasis]]''; the remaining novels, ''Corvus'' and ''Kings of Morning'', loosely follow the life of [[Alexander the Great]].
* Marie Brennan's ''[[Onyx Court]]'' series recounts the secret history of London and the faeries living beneath it, from Elizabethan times through the Victorian era.
* Modern retellings of the [[King Arthur|Arthurian mythos]] often overlap with [[Historical Fiction]] to show the writer's version of the [
** Gillian Bradshaw's ''Down the Long Wind'' trilogy. The fantasy elements are strongest in the first book, wherein Gwalchmai (Gawain) receives [[Excalibur|Caledfwlch]] from the Celtic Otherworld and opposes the Dark sorcery of his mother Morgause as a servant of the Light. These elements are less pronounced in the sequels - possibly because of [[Switching POV|different narrators]] in each book: Gwalchmai, then his [[Kid Sidekick|Teen Sidekick]] or "squire", then Gwynhwyfar (Guinevere).
** Stephen R. Lawhead's ''Pendragon Cycle'' series contains virtually no "flashy" magic like spell-casting, etc. But Merlin is descended from [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]], who are treated like Tolkien's Elves - including their longevity and application of magic.
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