The country reels from the scandals of the Grant administration, the privileged wallow in gross luxury, and dark intrigues mark the presidential election in that Centennial year..Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, returns to this flamboyant America after his long, self-imposed exile. His finances depleted, but his literary reputation intact and his personal ambition grown massive, Schuyler hopes to arrange a suitable marriage for his princess. He plans to write about the CEntennial celbration and the presidential election for the newspapers and to ingratiate himself w/the favored candidate, Samuel Tilden...

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