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The Cactus Throne By Richard O’Connor

Putnam, 375 pp., $7.95 A brilliant couple brought youth and style to their lackluster capital, winning the applause of most of the fashionable world. They both had charisma, and their goal was the founding of a second Camelot in the New World. He was genial, liberal and a true Prince Charming; she was attractive, strong-willed and perhaps a trifle overbearing. After three short years, their Camelot had turned to ashes. He was felled by a bullet; she went sadly to seed.

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The Cactus Throne By Richard O’Connor

Putnam, 375 pp., $7.95 A brilliant couple brought youth and style to their lackluster capital, winning the applause of most of the fashionable world. They both had charisma, and their goal was the founding of a second Camelot in the New World. He was genial, liberal and a true Prince Charming; she was attractive, strong-willed and perhaps a trifle overbearing. After three short years, their Camelot had turned to ashes. He was felled by a bullet; she went sadly to seed.