What's the Difference between World Without End: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 2) the Book and World Without End (2012) the TV Show?
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
Sir Thomas Langley
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Sir Thomas Langley
Portrayed by: Ben Chaplin
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Caris Wooler
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Caris Wooler
Portrayed by: Charlotte Riley
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Merthin Fitzgerald
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Merthin Fitzgerald
Portrayed by: Tom Weston-Jones
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Petranilla
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Petranilla
Portrayed by: Cynthia Nixon
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World Without End (2012) Book vs TV Show
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
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Edmond Wooler dies of illness and old age. |
Edmond Wooler is murdered by his sister, Petranilla. |
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Prior Anthony drowns when the bridge collapses. |
Prior Anthony survives the bridge collapse, only to be drowned by his sister, Petranilla.
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Petranilla was once engaged to Sir Roland |
Petranilla got pregnant by Lord Roland, as a teenager, and gave the baby (Ralph) to the Fitzgeralds to raise as their own. |
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Ralph murders his first wife, Phillippa's young cousin Matilda, after the birth of their son Gerald. He kills her in part so that he can marry Phillippa and become earl. |
Matilda and Gerry do not exist in the miniseries.
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After running away from the plague (w/ the monks and the cathedral treasures), Godwyn also dies from the plague. Our heroes find the treasures buried in a coffin. |
Our heroes find the treasure while Godwyn has gone crazy from seeing everyone die, but Godwyn himself survives the plague to continue tormenting the town, and Caris, for the full second half of the story. |