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Christopher and Columbus (2000)

Christopher and Columbus (2000)

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Elizabeth von Arnim

Year: 2000
Authors: Elizabeth von Arnim
Print type: BOOK

Description:

The protagonists are Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas von Twinkler, 17-year-old twins from an aristocratic, half-German family. Orphaned, they are sent to an uncle in England, but World War I is on and afraid of anti-German hysteria, the uncle packs them off to America. On the ship they are befriended by a man who becomes the girls' protector on their American adventure.