Aspects of Love

Aspects of Love is a novel by author David Garnett centring on the loves of a young soldier named Alexis Golightly, his uncle George Dillingham, and the beautiful actress Rose Vibert from whom neither man could escape.

A young boy, a beautiful actress, an elderly aristocrat – troubled desire and tangled emotions flowering against the glowing backgrounds of Southern France, Italy and Paris, in perilous defiance of the barriers of age. Such are the ‘aspects of love’ in this passionate and unforgettable novel upon which Andrew Lloyd Webber based his musical.