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.