| Title | : | The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes |
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| Author | : | Mike Walker |
| Release | : | 2024-03-07 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes | Mike Walker |
| Mike Walker’s gripping BBC Radio drama about money, art, religion, politics and power Florence, 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... However, 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? With 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 Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, Tom Cullen, Saran Morgan and Catrin Aaron. Created by Mike Walker Written by Mike Walker, Sian Ejiwunmi Le-Berre and Catherine Johnson Sound Design: Nigel Lewis and Catherine Robinson Organ: Branwen Munn Produced by John Norton Cast Cosimo de' Medici – Patrick Baladi Contessina de' Bardi – Sirine Saba Rinaldo degli Albizzi – Richard Elfyn Niccolo Tinucci – Christopher Elson Old Giovanni – Hugh Thomas Silvio – Marc Danbury Gio Verdi – Marco Fiera The Manager – David Hounslow Lorenzo de' Medici – Tom Cullen Lucrezia Tornabuoni – Saran Morgan Clarice Orsini – Abra Thompson Gio de' Medici – Gareth Pierce Marietta – Saran Morgan Cardinal Orsini – Simon Armstrong Soderini – Daniel Cerqueira Pope Sixtus – John Cording Tinucci – Tommy Sim'aan Pazzi – Matthew Durkan Savonarola – Matthew Gravelle King Ferrante – Jonathon Forbes Pope Innocent – Roger Ringrose Leonardo da Vinci – Tom Kiteley Botticelli – Hughie O' Donnell Alessandro de Medici - Elliott Barnes-Worrell Lorenzino de Medici - Sion Daniel Young Ippolito de Medici - Jacob Ifan Taddea Malaspina - Kiran Sonia Sawar Simonetta da Collevecchio - Marsha Millar Giorgio Vasari - Nico Pimparé Pope Clement - Arwel Gruffydd Emperor Charles V - Michael Bertenshaw Margaret - Kitty O'Sullivan Scoronconcolo - Tyler Cameron Strozzi - John Lightbody Young Alessandro - Hardy Yusuf Young Ippolito - Huw Huckstep Catherine de Medici - Catrin Aaron Silvestri - Julian Lewis Jones Diane de Poitiers - Juliette Aubrey Prince Henri - Arthur Hughes King Francis - Aneirin Hughes Guise - Joel MacCormack Nurse - Heather Craney Young Catherine - Grace Nettle Isabelle - Nia Gandhi Coligny - Ian Dunnett Jnr Le Conde - Matthew Bulgo Cardinal Guise - Tom Mumford Margot - Poppy Almond © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd |
