What's the Difference between The Pillars of the Earth the Book and The Pillars of the Earth the TV Show?
The Pillars of the Earth Book vs TV Show
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There's no lakeside scene; we do not get an indication that Alfred loves Aliena. In fact, in the book, he wants to marry Aliena mostly to get even with Jack. |
Alfred spies on Aliena as she bathes in a lake, then strips down and joins her--until she takes his clothes and tells him to leave her alone forever. He shouts "But I love you!" after her. |
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The book doesn't go into King Stephen's point of view. Stephen doesn't visit Kingsbridge in the book. When Philip visits Stephen at Lincoln, Stephen doesn't try to have anybody killed |
King Stephen dreams a prophecy about a flame-haired artist, and later tries to have Jack assassinated at Lincoln (and almost succeeds). He visits Kingsbridge several times in the series.
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Bartholomew, Earl of Shiring, dies in jail of illness and his injuries from torture. He refuses to only see his children once, then sends them away. |
Bartholomew, Earl of Shiring, is dramatically and publicly beheaded |
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In the book, although Jack is a protagonist, he is not an important enough person for powerful men to be scheming against. |
Toward the end, Waleran tries to have Jack killed two times, once thru assassination and another time by setting him up and then convicting him of murder.
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