Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell

“Reading Claude & Camille is like inhabiting an Impressionist painting filled with luscious, tactile imagery. But in this novel of passion and heartbreak, Stephanie Cowell never forgets the emotional price exacted by such vivid, trembling beauty.” Lauren Belfer, Author of City of Light.

Yesterday, Stephanie Cowell’s new novel, Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet, was published by the prestigious New York publishers Crown. And today, a review copy arrived in Normandy, chez moi! I can not wait to get on with it. As soon as I have completed the novel I shall post a review here, and Stephanie Cowell has kindly agreed to a ‘Question and Answer’ post – so if any of you MGN readers have a question for Stephanie, please post it here and I shall be sure to include it.

The novel is based on history, but Stephanie has used a bit of artistic license herself altering certain events and fictionalizing others for dramatic effect and continuity. It tells of the relationship between Claude Monet and his muse, his best friend, and mother of his children, Camille Doncieux. But, enough of that until I have read the book myself!

In the meantime, for anyone living in, or visiting, New York, Stephanie Cowell will be performing a reading and book signing at the Kris Waldherr Art and Words gallery in Brooklyn, NY on April 16th. For those who will not be in New York then, this event will be livestreamed, click here for more information about this event.

To order your copy of Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell, click on the link to Amazon below.