A historical romance.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
About history; depicting persons or events from history.
One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Set in the past.
Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"
Given to whimsy.