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Author Stephanie Cowell : 'Claude & Camille'

'Claude and Camille': The story of the young, then unknown Impressionist painter Claude Monet and his great love and muse, Camille Doncieux.

Meet writer Stephanie Cowell, who will talk about her historical novel 'Claude and Camille', accompanied by a slide show of Monet's greatest painting, and French folk songs featured in the book.

Describing the creative process to write this fascinating story, author Stephanie Cowell said: 'Unlike my previous two novels which each were born in less than a year, 'Claude and Camille' took many drafts over a period of four years to complete. I could not find the best structure in this complicated story of many stories really until it finally moved into the point of view of both the old and young Monet and his love for the beautiful Camille who would haunt him all his life and never tell him all her secrets'.

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