The Pillars of the Earth (TV Mini Series)

New Beginnings (2010)

Hayley Atwell: Aliena

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• Aliena : Shall we call him Jack?

  Jack : No, no. No, Jack's the father I never knew. Let's name him after the father I did know.

  Aliena : Tom.

• Merchant : [telling Jack about his father]  He was a storyteller and singer and my close friend. He taught me French when I first came here, and I taught him English. The prince, King Henry's son, hired him to sail with him across the channel.

  Jack : Prince William?

  Merchant : Your father called him the Phoenix Prince because of a ring he wore.

  Jack : Was it a signet ring?

  Merchant : Cut in the shape of a bird rising from fire. Prince William was accompanied by his wife and many people of his court, including your father, and they were never seen again.

  Jack : That was the White Ship. It was the ship that sunk with Prince William, King Henry's heir.

  Aliena : I thought no-one survived that sinking?

  Jack : My father survived it. He was on that ship.