Conceit

Conceit (Random House of Canada, 2007) by Mary Novik
Mary Novik's journey to 17th-century London, England, had many readers, including Heather Walter, swooning. In her nomination, she writes:
"I recommend Conceit because it is far and away the best and most ambitious novel on a literary theme that I have read."
Accolades: Conceit took home the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, awarded annually to the best book of fiction by a B.C. author, and was a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist. The Globe and Mail declared it a must-read, citing that "reading Conceit is like settling into a multi-course feast that shifts your ideas of food, of the wonders that art can conjure from the staples of life."

This book could have been great but it veered off a little and got a little off topic, I found.  I would have liked it to have focused more on the present time and not to have been so literal in assuming that you knew where the author was going.