About the book – The Midnight Rose
Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a remarkable girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the present day . . .
In the heyday of the British Raj, eleven-year-old Anahita, from a noble but impovĀerished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of Indian royalty. As the princessās official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of World War I. There, she meets young Donald Astbury — reluctant heir to the magnifiĀcent, remote Astbury Estate — and his scheming mother.
Ninety years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, has the world at her feet. But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, sheās relieved that her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to a distant corĀner of the English countryside. Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall, Ari Malik, Anahitaās great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his familyās past. What he and Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty . . .
