Mad Enchantment by Ross King (Omnibus)

The story of Claude Monet's later years and the famous paintings he produced at home in Giverny.

In the 1890's the French painter and his large family moved to the famous town.

Over the years the gardens at his house become lush, exotic and famous for pictures of water lilies and weeping willows - part of 'le grand decoration'.

But how did it all start?

Ross King’s biography of painter, Claude Monet.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams.

Read by Allan Corduner.

Producer Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.