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Informationen zum Autor Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland and travelled extensively during her childhood, particularly to the Far East. Moving to London, she became an actress, working in film, theatre and television. At twenty-four, she wrote her first novel based on her experiences as an actress, then went on to write seven further novels that have been translated into fourteen languages. Her novel, The Hothouse Flower, was published in 2010 and was selected by the Richard and Judy Bookclub. It will be published in fifteen other counties. Lucinda's most recent novel, The Girl on the Cliff, published in 2011. She currently lives in Norfolk and France with her husband and four children. Klappentext Rebecca lands a lead role in a 1920's picture filmed in the stately home of Lord Anthony Astbury. Soon she is drawn deeper into the family history of the lord until reality and fantasy start to blur. Intertwined with this is the story of the past, of a young Indian girl Anahita and her denied relationship with a certain Lord Donald Astbury destined for a rich American heiress, Violet.
