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Radio 4,11 Feb 2024,57 mins
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By Mike Walker Catherine de Medici, orphaned within weeks of her birth, was raised in a nunnery, then sold into a political marriage in the French House of Valois. Her husband is now King Henri II and Catherine has secured her position by producing an heir, but religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics is on the rise across Europe, and when Henri dies it is left to Catherine to try to hold together the bundle of sticks that is France. CAST Catherine de Medici - Catrin Aaron Silvestri - Julian Lewis Jones Diane de Poitiers - Juliette Aubrey King Henri II - Arthur Hughes Guise - Joel MacCormack Nurse - Heather Craney Isabelle - Nia Gandhi Coligny - Ian Dunnett Jnr Le Conde - Matthew Bulgo Cardinal Guise - Tom Mumford Margot - Poppy Almond Series Creator: Mike Walker Sound: Catherine Robinson Director: John Norton A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Wales Production
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