The only novel published under the pen-name Alice Cholmondeley, 'Christine' gives insight into von Arnim's thoughts about the atrocities of World War I. The story is told through a series of letters to her mother in Britain from the titular Christine, an English girl who is studying in Germany in 1914 in the lead up to World War I. Initially marketed as non-fiction, this novel could be a semi-autobiographical account of von Arnim's own daughters, Beatrix and Felicitas, who were living in Germany during World War I. 'Christine' will be enjoyed by fans of 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'

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