The bloody and dramatic story of the battle for the soul of Renaissance Florence, one of the defining moments in Western history.

Lorenzo de’ Medici- ;The embodiment of Florence’s most powerful family, a brutal man who ruled the city with an iron fist, whilst protecting it from the shifting mire of Italian politics.;;Fra Girolamo Savonarola- ;An unprepossessing provincial monk whose sermons, filled with Old Testament fury, resonated with the disenfranchised population of the city.;;The battle between these two men would be a fight to the death, a series of sensational events - including a mighty foreign invasion, trial by fire, the ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’, terrible executions and mysterious deaths - featuring a cast of the most important and charismatic Renaissance figures.