The willow maid, by Erutan fits perfectly
Mary, by Cécile Corbel also a very good fit
Also, don’t know if you cold be interested in but fields of sorrow by orden ogan, the chorus gets new parts each time (the lyrics is not exactly a story like you find in a novel, but still narrates something)










But if you enter in a modern history book set in a year you’re already alive, if you go where that day you were, would you meet yourself like in a time travelling machine?
Actually, any history books becomes automatically time travelling machines, you could travel back to ancient Rome and become a literal immortal god until modern times, since you cannot get harmed or cannot age.