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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 impov��erished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of Indian royalty. As the princess���s official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of World I. There, she meets young Donald Astbury -- reluctant heir to the magnifi��cent, 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, she���s relieved that her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to a distant cor��ner of the English countryside. Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall, Ari Malik, Anahita���s great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his family���s past. What he and Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty . .