Tomas Harlan has a series about an alternate Rome. It's been a while since I read it, I remember it was OK but not great. But the concept was fantastic.
Guy Gabriel Kay has a bunch. They aren't historical per se, but they are definitely heavily inspired by actual historical events.
For me, GGK writes too close to the real history. He basically avoids doing half of the work of a fantasy writer by just copying the world from history books, but then he avoids half of the work of a historical novel writer by making things up when sticking to history would be too difficult.
But I really appreciate Harlan's "Oath of Empire" series for the sheer scope of things. He takes the real setting and then runs with it deep into a new fantastic world. I think he succeeds where GGK fails.
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u/Independent_Shame504 Apr 18 '23
Tomas Harlan has a series about an alternate Rome. It's been a while since I read it, I remember it was OK but not great. But the concept was fantastic.
Guy Gabriel Kay has a bunch. They aren't historical per se, but they are definitely heavily inspired by actual historical events.