An Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears

This took me almost three months to finish. Sounds like a book I'd normally give up on, doesn't it? But I forged on and I'm glad I did--it's a great historical novel set in the years between the Restoration and the Great Fire primarily in London. Many historical personages are in this book; in fact, most of the 'characters' were real people. The story is told four times, from four different vantage points, and until the last version none of the narrators is very likeable.

Great book. I will be looking for a copy of this to own so that I can reread it. By the end, it's impossible to resist flipping back through the other 'versions' to see what other people saw going on.