Three Fires

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In Three Fires, award-winning author Denise Mina re-imagines the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', a series of fires ignited in late fifteenth-century Florence, inspired by the fervent Girolamo Savonarola. A Dominican friar and anti-corruption advocate, Savonarola's fiery sermons condemned luxuries that led people to sin, culminating in the notorious bonfires where books, extravagant clothing, playing cards, musical instruments, makeup, mirrors, and art were burned. His vehement opposition to the corrupt Medici family contributed to their ousting, and he briefly became the city's puritanical leader. However, his focus on corruption within the Catholic Church led to his excommunication and eventual execution by hanging and burning at the stake. Mina offers a contemporary lens on this compelling historical narrative, drawing parallels between the charged atmosphere of medieval Florence and today’s culture wars. By dramatizing Savonarola’s life and final days, she examines the fall of the original architect of cancel culture, delving into the ongoing struggles between wealth, inequality, and freedom of speech that remain relevant in our modern society.