{"product_id":"book-io6g","title":"The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Walker’s gripping BBC Radio drama about money, art, religion, politics and power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlorence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, the House of Medici cannot be crushed that easily. Sixty years and many violent deaths later, the family are the unquestioned, ruthless rulers of Florence. They control the government, have transformed the city through their patronage of the arts, and one of them has even been crowned Pope. But trouble is coming in the form of the fanatical poet monk Savonarola, and the bank is in decline. Can Lorenzo the Magnificent save anything for his dim-witted successors – and will they even care?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a cast of extraordinary characters including Piero the Gouty, master negotiator Lucrezia Tornabuoni and Pope Leo X, as well as Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Artemisia Gentileschi, this fast-paced ‘Renaissance Sopranos’ tells the thrilling story of one of the most infamous dynasties of all time. Among the cast are \u003cb\u003ePatrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, Tom Cullen,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSaran Morgan \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eCatrin Aaron.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated by Mike Walker\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Mike Walker, Sian Ejiwunmi Le-Berre and Catherine Johnson\u003cbr\u003eSound Design: Nigel Lewis and Catherine Robinson\u003cbr\u003eOrgan: Branwen Munn\u003cbr\u003eProduced by John Norton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCosimo de' Medici – \u003cb\u003ePatrick Baladi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContessina de' Bardi – \u003cb\u003eSirine Saba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRinaldo degli Albizzi – \u003cb\u003eRichard Elfyn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiccolo Tinucci – \u003cb\u003eChristopher Elson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld Giovanni – \u003cb\u003eHugh Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilvio – \u003cb\u003eMarc Danbury\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGio Verdi – \u003cb\u003eMarco Fiera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Manager – \u003cb\u003eDavid Hounslow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorenzo de' Medici – \u003cb\u003eTom Cullen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucrezia Tornabuoni – \u003cb\u003eSaran Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClarice Orsini – \u003cb\u003eAbra Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGio de' Medici – \u003cb\u003eGareth Pierce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarietta – \u003cb\u003eSaran Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCardinal Orsini – \u003cb\u003eSimon Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoderini – \u003cb\u003eDaniel Cerqueira\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope Sixtus – \u003cb\u003eJohn Cording\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTinucci – \u003cb\u003eTommy Sim'aan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePazzi – \u003cb\u003eMatthew Durkan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSavonarola – \u003cb\u003eMatthew Gravelle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Ferrante – \u003cb\u003eJonathon Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope Innocent – \u003cb\u003eRoger Ringrose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeonardo da Vinci – \u003cb\u003eTom Kiteley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBotticelli – \u003cb\u003eHughie O' Donnell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlessandro de Medici - \u003cb\u003eElliott Barnes-Worrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorenzino de Medici - \u003cb\u003eSion Daniel Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIppolito de Medici - \u003cb\u003eJacob Ifan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaddea Malaspina - \u003cb\u003eKiran Sonia Sawar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimonetta da Collevecchio - \u003cb\u003eMarsha Millar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiorgio Vasari - \u003cb\u003eNico Pimparé\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope Clement - \u003cb\u003eArwel Gruffydd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmperor Charles V -\u003cb\u003e Michael Bertenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret -\u003cb\u003e Kitty O'Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScoronconcolo - \u003cb\u003eTyler Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrozzi - \u003cb\u003eJohn Lightbody\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Alessandro - \u003cb\u003eHardy Yusuf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Ippolito - \u003cb\u003eHuw Huckstep\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine de Medici - \u003cb\u003eCatrin Aaron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilvestri - \u003cb\u003eJulian Lewis Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiane de Poitiers - \u003cb\u003eJuliette Aubrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrince Henri - \u003cb\u003eArthur Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Francis - \u003cb\u003eAneirin Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuise - \u003cb\u003eJoel MacCormack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNurse - \u003cb\u003eHeather Craney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Catherine - \u003cb\u003eGrace Nettle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsabelle - \u003cb\u003eNia Gandhi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColigny - \u003cb\u003eIan Dunnett Jnr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe Conde - \u003cb\u003eMatthew Bulgo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCardinal Guise - \u003cb\u003eTom Mumford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargot - \u003cb\u003ePoppy Almond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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