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The Cactus Throne by Richard O'Connor (1976,Pb) Avon 1st print, Mexican Throne. Living in fabulous luxury behind the protection of French bayonets, they spent three years as rulers of a dream empire seething with plots. Their throne rested on a powderkeg of revolution. The Cactus Throne: The Tragedy of Maximilian and Carlotta Over a century ago, Archduke Maximilian of Austria - handsome, proud, idealistic - and Princess Carlotta of Belgium - the most beautiful princess in Europe - were brought to the New World. There, they were installed on the ancient Mexican throne of Montezuma by French financiers as an excuse to loot the Mexican treasury. Living in fabulous luxury behind the protection of French bayonets, they spent three years as rulers of a dream empire seething with plots. Their throne rested on a powderkeg of revolution. The Cactus Throne is the story of these two passionate, idealistic monarchs and their doomed love affair with imperial dynasty!