The Three Musketeers

The Last Kingdom Bernard Cornwell

A Saxon boy captured by Vikings grows up to fight for both sides, uncertain which he is -- and finds himself at the center of Alfred the Great's struggle to hold England together.

The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett

The building of a cathedral in 12th-century England becomes the backdrop for a sweeping story of ambition, faith, and betrayal.

World Without End Ken Follett

Two centuries after The Pillars of the Earth, four children witness a secret murder in a Kingsbridge forest -- and the consequences pursue them across a lifetime and a plague.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell

Scarlett O'Hara survives the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the destruction of everything she knew -- through stubbornness, resourcefulness, and a refusal to accept that it is over.

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

Two retired Texas Rangers lead a cattle drive from the Rio Grande to Montana -- a thousand miles through a country that rewards endurance and punishes haste.