William wants his father's title of Earl, but finds a mysterious knight is a rival for the title. King Stephen orders an assassin to kill Jack. Waleran tells Maud the man who betrayed Earl Bartholomew is Philip.
Four years have gone by since the last episode of The Pillars of the Earth, and quite a bit has changed. King Stephen has Maud's Lincoln Castle under siege and her people are starving. William's father is dead by his mother's hand. Richard more