The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was surprised at how fast I plowed through this book. So much drama and intrigue and history, I kept sneaking in chances to read wherever I could.
In a way, this felt like science fiction – the society and the culture was so strange and different from anything I understand that I could have read this for the world alone.
Well worth the 1000 pages of your time. Like reading a Neil Stephenson epic, but with a real ending.