Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
I'm currently reading The Baroque Cycle, a trilogy of books by author Neal Stephenson. Set in the late 17th and early 18th centuries it deals with political and Royal intrigue primarily in France, England and America during an approximately 50 year period. It is filled with fictional and historical characters, Papists, Protestants, Puritans and heathen vagabonds as well as the early days of advanced cryptology, finance, alchemy and natural philosophy (science). The author refers to it as science fiction, although I suspect he's broadened the term to fit his personal description. Halfway into the trilogy, it's an engaging read.
Sounds like something my DH would really love. Is it anything like Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth?