Historical fiction book · Indie author
Just One Damned Thing After Another
Jodi Taylor · historical fiction
Historians at St Mary’s travel through time to document the past — and discover that history fights back. The series began as a self-published hit before finding a wide audience.
Why read it: Witty time-slip adventure that still reads as historical fiction at heart.
About this historical novel
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor is historical fiction set around time-slip · St Mary’s Institute in the Late 20th century / World War II era / Medieval period with key settings including England, St Mary's. Historians at St Mary’s travel through time to document the past — and discover that history fights back. The series began as a self-published hit before finding a wide audience.
On HisFic we tag it under 8. Time-slip & dual timeline and 6. Adventure & epic so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include time travel, historians, humor, and adventure. Witty time-slip adventure that still reads as historical fiction at heart.
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Plot summary
Historians at St Mary’s travel through time to document the past — and discover that history fights back. The series began as a self-published hit before finding a wide audience. Witty time-slip adventure that still reads as historical fiction at heart.
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Regions & places
Britain & Ireland · Global / multiple
England · St Mary's
Themes
- time travel
- historians
- humor
- adventure
Tags
indie · series · seed