Weird: Oprah picks Pillars of the Earth

It bothers me when people complain about the words not being accurate. Would they have read it in Middle English? Thoughts I can see, but it’s such a different world that we have to have some way to identify with the characters from 800 years in the future. I’m willing to accept some anachronisms if the story is good.

Maybe Ophrah picked it because of the recent sequel to Pillars, World without End?