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Three Fires: Episode 4: Girolamo Defiant

Episode 4: Girolamo Defiant

BBC Radio 4 - Three Fires, Episode 4: Girolamo Defiant

On the cusp of the 16th century in a city riven by factionalism, a blaze is being stoked.

Denise Mina reimagines Renaissance era Florence, a city torn apart by factionalism. With tempers at boiling point, a drastic solution has been proposed.
Read by Keiran Hodgson

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.

Following violent clashes between Savonarola's puritanical followers and the crooked rulers of Florence, a drastic solution is proposed in the interests of peace.

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

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In her new fiction serial, Denise Mina takes a cool, contemporary look at events leading up to the Bonfire of the Vanities in Renaissance-era Florence. Read by Kieran Hodgson.

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