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Originally posted by Taoist_Saint@Oct 7 2005, 01:49 PM


Next, I recommend The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.* This book is huge in scope...I am only about a quarter of the way through it and there are already several plots going on.* It centers around the building of a Cathedral in medieval England.* The main characters include a "builder" travelling with his family, looking for work, and a monk who is trying to reform the monastaries to rid them of corruption and make them self-sufficient.* While mainly fictional, it has some historical events (though I am not sure of their accuracy)...but the real thing I like about this book is how in-depth it describes monastic life.* You really get the feeling for what it would have been like to be a monk, in addition to learning interesting details about the politics and economics of a monastary.* Since I haven't finished it yet, I can't speak for the whole book...but I recommend you give it a try.*

Oh yea, I would rate the last two books "R" for their content, so if you are sensitive about that sort of thing, don't read them.

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Great book - big thumbs up. O love books like that that not only tell a great story but educate you, in this case about medieval architecture, without you even noticing it.