The series has been called "historical fantasy, set in a time much like our 18th century".

Verbinski did not want an entirely romanticized feel to the film: he wanted a sense of historical fantasy.

Last season brought us a harsher but no less unrealistic historical fantasy.

In architectural terms, the park's design echoes the ersatz historical fantasies common to our global culture.

The Met cannot become just a repository of historical fantasy.

Furthermore, the idea that nations were indestructible components of social life was an historical fantasy.

Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.

The son of a tenant farmer, he regularly daydreams about historical fantasies.

Call it a fictional biography, a historical fantasy or just plain lies.

Another reviewer has called the series "historical fantasy, set in a time much like our 18th century".