Such a good book, I set it aside for days at a time so that it wouldn't be over with too soon.

I don't know how I missed discovering this book in all the years since it was published (1989!), but for any other lovers of historical fiction who haven't already had the pleasure... if you enjoyed Pillars of the Earth, As Meat Loves Salt, or the work of Norah Lofts, you have a treat waiting for you in Restoration.