Guest Stars Peter Sullivan as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza Vernon Dobtcheff as Cardinal Versucci Bosco Hogan as Cardinal Piccolomini Gina McKee as Caterina Sforza David Alpay as Calvino Julian Bleach as Niccolo Machiavelli Ruta Gedmintas as Ursula Bonadeo Laszlo Konter as Cardinal Colonna Ronan Vibert as Giovanni Sforza Steven Berkoff as Girolamo Savonarola Luke Pasqualino as Paolo Michel Muller as King Charles VIII Augustus Prew as Prince Alfonso Mark Noble as French General Edward Akrout as French Captain Mickey Sumner as Francesca Cesare Taurasi as Piero De Medici Joseph Kelly as King Ferrante of Naples Emmanuelle Chriqui as Sancia Anne Lambton as Abbess Edward Petherbridge as Friar Raphael Arkie Reece as French Rider