The Namesake is a continuation of the legacy of Rowena Kingston, an American-born lady with an appetite for pleasure. Once the owner of the greatest house of pleasure in the thirteen colonies, she moved to England after the Revolution. There she reclaimed her hereditary title of Countess of Kingston. Her brother Sir Douglas Kingston, Count of Kingston, is a General in the British Army. He served with great distinction in the revolution and now serves as Commanding General of British forces in Bengal. He is married to a longtime friend of his sister, Countess Danielle Perrot. They have a daughter named after his sister, Rowena Perrot Kingston. She was diagnosed with nymphomania. She went mad and died in an asylum. This is a story of her niece Rowena Perrot Kingston. This story deals with her early years growing up in Bengal, India during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era. Her transition from adolescence to a blossoming woman holds many adventures and social liaisons that will get her into trouble.
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