I thought the Farseer trilogy had a nice feeling of epicnessfullness to it. With the whole "following lead character from birth to old age, more or less in real time" feel that it had. Also a nice sense of history and mythology.
Being (still) right in the middle of it, I'd have to say that Johnathon Strange and Mr Norrell seems to fit your criteria as well.
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Being (still) right in the middle of it, I'd have to say that Johnathon Strange and Mr Norrell seems to fit your criteria as well.