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In a time of civil war, famine, religious strife and war, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.
Ken's View
This is my most popular book. It still sells about 100,000 copies a year in paperback in the US, it was number one in the UK and Italy and it was on the German best seller list for six years. It's overwhelmingly the book that readers talk to me about when I meet them in bookshops. It's becoming a cult.
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Originally posted by LostSailor
Also, I'm surprised no one mentioned Steven Kings "It."
Originally posted by MCory1
I don't think I've read a King book I didn't like yet. Favorites though, I'd have to go with the Dark Tower series (haven't finished it yet though) and the Stand, depending on my mood. Talisman and Black House (both w/ Straub) are up there pretty high too. The main thing I love about his books is that they're almost always connected, either through a direct plot line or through references. It's almost like it's just one big novel. That kinda makes it hard to get into a different author when I get in the mood--"What, you mean this story has absolutely nothing to do with the other one I just read? Screw this..."
Originally posted by yeahright
If you liked "The Talisman", you'll love "Black House".
It's the sequel and IMHO a better book.
Originally posted by Mahree
How about Tom Wolfe? I have recently found him. Great writer. The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full.
Originally posted by Mahree
Wasn't the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test non-fiction? It sounds as though you really liked it.