How to Stop Time (2017) is a historical fantasy by English writer Matt Haig.

A thought provoking read. Haig is an excellent writer 

Tom Hazard has just moved back to London to take a job as a high school history teacher. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but due to a rare condition, he has been alive for centuries.

He was born in 1581 in France and has lived history alongside famous historical characters such as Shakespeare, Captain Cook, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Tom is constantly under the supervision of the Albatross Society, a secretive group which claims to protect people like him, and its leader, Hendrich.

As the story unfolds, Tom has to decide whether to remain safely in the past, or to risk living in the present.

Cumberbatch is working on a TV adaptation.