This five-part serial from award-winning crime writer Denise Mina takes a dark, contemporary look at Renaissance-era Florence. In a corrupt city riven by factionalism, wealth inequality and suffering from a rampant outbreak of plague, the pressure is building.

As the citizens of Florence chafe against gross inequality, puritanical preacher Girolamo Savonarola starts to build up a following.

Written by Denise Mina
Read by Kieran Hodgson
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Show less