The novel Midnight Rose describes the destinies of four generations, its plot takes the reader through the fairy-tale palaces of the Indian maharajas and the magnificent mansions of the English nobility, from the idyllic times of the old-world order before the First World War to the hectic global society of the modern era. Against the backdrop of history, it follows the remarkable life of the beautiful and intelligent Indian Anahita.
Anahita comes from a noble but impoverished Indian family. In the days when India used to be a British colony and everything British was an object of longing admiration, Anahita befriends the rich Princess Indira, and as her companion accompanies her to England shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, where both girls enter a girls' boarding school. There, Anahita meets young Donald Astbury, the only heir to the estate...
Eighty years later, a young American actress arrives at the Astbury estate to shoot a historical film. To escape the prying eyes of the boulevard for a while, she takes up residence in a manor house in the middle of the remote moors of Dartmoor. Unexpectedly, Anahita's great-grandson also appears there, searching for the past of his ancestors. Together, they begin to uncover the dark secrets of the Astbury family, which still hangs like a curse over the life of their only living descendant...