The Midnight Rose

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Orchid Housean epic saga of two remarkable women and two love stories spanning the years from 1920s India to modern-day England. 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 impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of Indian royalty. As the princesss official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of WorldWar I. There, she meets young Donald Astburyreluctant heir to the magnificent, remote Astbury Estateand his scheming mother. Ninety years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film