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Tragic Bolivian saga of Leontine and Jacques Cassilis
A romantic exile tale unfolds from London slums to Bolivian politics as Leontine Cassilis and Jacques Cassilis build a fragile frontier kingdom in exile. They unite against dictator Melgarejo, establish a tropical realm, then fall to a palace coup that ends with their machete deaths and a ruined, still-wild frontier.
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Belgrade
South America
Jacques
Leontine
Leontine Cassilis
London
Wapping
Mary Jane
Paris
General Belzu
Parns
Bolivia
Republic
Mariana Melgarejo
Belzu
Melgarejo
Potosi
Jacques Casailis
Jacques Cassilis Leontine
la Paz
Indeira
Tapagroz
Brazil
Pizarro
Cortes
Arriet
le Pas