Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will. Suora Zuana begins her remedy to cure a spiritual disease and solve the convent's greatest problem. Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins Zuana ...... Geraldine James Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas Dramtised by Rachel Joyce. The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.