Another one that isn't strictly historical, but it's a Slavic-inspired fantasy world that makes some vague gestures at history once or twice.
Iyu Aksanevich is a bastard—literally, and, some would say, figuratively—but his father’s royal blood means he can use magic, which no commoner can. At least, that’s what he believes until he’s kidnapped during a peasant rebellion. His captors force him to confront some difficult questions: is magic really tied to bloodlines, or is there a different, more sinister reason that some people in this world are magic and others aren’t?
Check it out if you like fantasy, magic, drama, queer anti-heroes, fomenting revolution, occasional romance, and a pervasive vein of inappropriate humor.
I just checked yours out—I like your writing style, very blunt and direct in a way that mirrors the matter-of-fact violence the story opens with.
