The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
Penguin
733 pages
Read in 2014
Read as an ebook

"Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists."