Waleran eventually provides him with the answers.Īfter his Father was killed in a long running conspiracy, Jack was brought up among outlaws and outcasts in the forest by his Mother, Ellen. Jack also has a knack for storytelling, a skill inherited from his father, a man he has great interest in, despite never having known him. He travels to France and Spain, returning with the skills to build the first Gothic Cathedral in England. Eventually, with the death of his stepbrother Alfred he is able to marry her and they have two children together. He loves Aliena and his struggles form another of the central plots. He is the son of Ellen and Jacques Cherbourg (Jack Shareburg), and gains prominence as the novel progresses. He is a very skilled stonemason and talented sculptor, trained by his stepfather Tom Builder. Jack Jackson is a major character featured in The Pillars of the Earth and a POV.
