Suspected to be written as a true-to-life fairy tale for Elizabeth von Arnimâs own children, âThe Princess Priscilla's Fortnightâ tells the story of Princess Priscilla, a well-known German princess who has grown tired of her lavish and pampered lifestyle.
Her mentor, Herr Fritzing, has been teaching her about the wide world outside the castle walls and Priscilla yearns to escape and explore it.
âThe Princess Priscilla's Fortnightâ will be enjoyed by fans of âThe Princess Diariesâ.
Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist â a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield â born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.
Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work âElizabeth and Her German Gardenâ, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as âElizabethâ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.