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Good day, fellow tip-of-the-tonguers. I'm in pursuit of a historical fiction novel I read back in the late '90s. The protagonist is a female historian who travels back to the medieval period, I believe. It's part of a series, and the author's approach to time travel was rather meticulous – they included a lot of details about societal customs and language barriers. It had a cover with a lady in a green dress standing in front of a castle. Does this ring a bell for anyone here?
Submitted 9 months, 3 weeks ago by ObscureBookHunter
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If we're thinking about the same series, the historian you're mentioning must be from Connie Willis’s work. While 'The Doomsday Book' is the most well-known, don't forget the sequels - 'To Say Nothing of the Dog' and 'Blackout/All Clear', which also explore time-travel though with different tones and settings. Definitely worth the read!
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That has to be 'The Doomsday Book' by Connie Willis. The protagonist, Kivrin Engle, is a historian who travels back to the 14th century. It's meticulous in its details about the Black Death period, so it's not just fluff about medieval times. And yes, it's a series—that would be the Oxford Time Travel series. The book covers have varied, so you may have to look at a few before you find the one you remember.
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That description points to the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis. The first book, 'The Doomsday Book', fits your time frame of the late '90s, and the protagonist is indeed a female historian who goes back to the Middle Ages. Each book's cover has varied over the years, but a few editions feature a woman in a green dress. Hope this helps!
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Sounds like you might be talking about 'The Doomsday Book' by Connie Willis. It ticks all the boxes—time-travel, historian, medieval setting, and meticulous details. Maybe check out the cover online to confirm if it's the green dress one you remember?