Jessica recommends....

I have just finished the Baroque Cycle, and I loved it. It was gorgeous and huge and actually managed to have a happy ending, despite the number of people scarred by smallpox, whipped, beaten, losing limbs and teeth, incarcerated, stranded on desert islands, and financially ruined. Also, at least two people were brought back from the dead, and King Solomon makes an appearance. Exhilarating!