A novel published in 45 countries. More than 17,000,000 copies of Lucinda Riley’s books have been sold worldwide. Shortlisted for the “Epic Novel” prize in the Romantic Fiction category. In the novel “The Midnight Rose,” amid sparkling palaces of Indian maharajas and majestic homes of British aristocrats, unfolds the story of Anahita, a girl from humble origins. Her journey—from being a princess’s companion to becoming the beloved of a young lord—is paved with astonishing adventures, the consequences of which will occupy the minds of their descendants even half a century later, becoming turning points in their fate…
Darjeeling, India, our days. Anahita Chavan turns one hundred years old and asks her great-grandson, Ari, a successful businessman, for a favor. All her life Anahita wanted to know what happened to her first child, whom she lost as a very small baby in England shortly after the First World War. She was told the child died, but Anahita was sure it was a lie. When Ari goes to England, he discovers an unknown part of Anahita’s life—one that even influenced the course of world history.
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