Ryan Miller’s Reviews > The Pillars of the Earth > Status Update

Aliena has to marry Alfred - Ellen helps Jack escape the monastery and he goes to see her and tries to convince her not to - they have sex and she says she can’t abort the wedding because of Richard - Jack tried to convince Alfred not to wed either, but he wants to out of spite to Jack so Jack leaves Kingsbridge

During wedding, Ellen curses them and then the wedding night is awful - Alfred is abusive already

Aliena is destitute & resolves herself to move forward and marry Alfred. Jack is heartbroken again to hear that

Aliena has a thriving wool business now

William Hanleigh attacks Kingsbridge setting fire to all the houses and Aliena‘s storehouse of Wool

Tom Builder is killed in the melee by a horse - Jack finds his body and praise over him, thanking him for giving him purpose after all

William Hanleigh pillages/ kills / rapes - kills quarry workers and tries to disrupt progress in Kingsbridge cathedral building process for Phillip

Phillip goes to Lincoln to appeal to the King for help

Hundreds of people arrive to help with the construction of the Cathedral as Bishop Henry is coming to inspect whether Philip can pull this effort off

Bishop Henry validates Tom’s work and his sketches and asks God to bless their efforts

Philip goes with Waleran to see King Stephen about money for the church building - there is thought he will give them Barthomew’s earldom land to help finance it, but then he tells them he may have promised it to the Hamleigh’s already - will potentially reconsider and let them know

Tom engaged to rebuild the cathedral - told Philip he could do it in 2wks

Jack sets fire to the Kingsbridge cathedral in middle of night hoping it will cause the Prior to hire Tom to help rebuild it