She is known for her diary, regarded as a valuable source on the Greek Royal court under King Otto.
"[1] After the 3 September 1843 Revolution, many of the Germans were sent back to Germany by the king out of concern for the Greek opposition, but the Lüth couple's position was not touched, because the queen's chaplain belonged to the private staff of the royal household and was not on state salary.
At this period of time, the independent Kingdom of Greece had only just been established after the liberation from the Ottoman Empire.
The diary describe several both big and small historical events she attended, among them the inauguration of the Old Royal Palace (summer of 1843), the 3 September 1843 Revolution, the inauguration of the Greek Parliament "Sineleusis" in January 1844, king Otto's public oath to the constitution in the Parliament on 18 March 1844, and the first royal court ball held in the Royal Palace on 22 November 1844.
She wrote about small incidents, such as one during the inauguration of the Royal Palace: She wrote about the king's oath to the constitution 18 March 1844: Christiane Lüth describes a number of well known contemporaries at court and in the city, of whom the majority belonged to the Western European colony of Athens, but also prominent Greeks.
Among the people she described in her diary were the king's physician doctor Rosen, Filippos Ioannou, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance and Theoklitos Farmakidis.