The House of Christina

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Vienna, 1938: All that was noble and beautiful, all the grace of an opulent era, gone with the winds of war!And in the center of the growing holocause stood:Christa--the beautiful, frivolous young mistress of Christina Hof whose flowering into womanhood was accompanied by the distant thunder of guns.Herr Helmer--a national hero haunted by past wars and devoted to his spirited daughter.Robert--who shared with Christa an idyllic childhood. Now his passions has grown - for her, and the Nazi regime he was ready to die for.Josef--the sensual, brilliant Jew, whose anti-Hitler plot drew Christa into a maelstrom of terror.Lan Condon--the peace-loving American who found respite from tragedy, and a love greater than he had known with Christa. He thrust himself into the cauldron of war to save them both from tyranny.