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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesStraight from Genesis
The title comes from Genesis 1:5, "and the evening and the morning were the first day." Every Kingsbridge book takes its title from the Bible.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA series in the works
Legendary Television and Range Media Partners are developing a series based on the book, with no date yet.
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- ChangeRegan gets a bigger role
On screen, Regan Hamleigh has an unhealthy fixation on her son William and bleeds her husband Percy to death. None of that is in the book, where Percy dies of unknown causes.
source ↗ - ChangeFewer people in the story
Henry of Blois, Andrew Sacrist and Thomas Becket were cut. On screen, it's King Stephen himself who visits the cathedral site.
source ↗ - ChangeNo trip to Spain
In the book, Jack and Aliena travel through Spain, and a weeping statue comes from Toledo. The show skips the trip, and Jack carves the statue himself.
source ↗ - ChangeA rewritten ending
In the book, William hangs for his part in Thomas Becket's murder, Waleran loses his bishopric and Philip becomes bishop. On screen, it all comes to a head at Jack's trial, and Philip stays prior.
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- ChangeThomas Langley is the king
In the book, Thomas Langley is a knight who keeps a secret about Edward II. On screen, Ben Chaplin plays both roles: Thomas is the deposed king himself, hiding at the priory.
source ↗ - ChangeGodwyn doesn't stay gone
In the book, Godwyn flees the plague with the monks to St. John-in-the-Forest and dies there. On screen, Caris and Merthin find him driven mad, and he threatens Caris again in the final episode.
source ↗ - ChangeA different kind of climax
The show ends with peasants in revolt and Edward III's army marching on them. The book settles things on a smaller scale: Ralph dies in a struggle with Gwenda and her son, Sam.
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- Behind the scenesA title from the Bible
Like the other Kingsbridge books, the title comes from the Bible: the pillar of fire that led the Israelites by night in Exodus.
source ↗ - ReferenceFiction mixed with history
Ned's role in the Babington Plot and the Armada's defeat is invented. For the Gunpowder Plot, Follett left out a real detail: the gunpowder had already gone bad.
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- Behind the scenesArmour or Armor
The US edition drops the "u" and is called The Armor of Light. In the UK, it's The Armour of Light.
source ↗ - ReferenceReal people at Waterloo
Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, Thomas Paine, William Pitt and the Duchess of Richmond, host of the famous ball before Waterloo, all appear. Ned Ludd, the Luddites' figurehead, never existed.
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