Distant Flame

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PRAISE FOR A Distant Flame "Authoritative, vividly rendered battle scenes . . ." —Kirkus Reviews "Williams writes in an unadorned style that gathers momentum slowly and subtly." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A Distant Flame is Philip Lee Williams's most ambitious and successful novel." —HUGH RUPPERSBURG, University of Georgia "This strikingly fine novel leaves an indelible impression on the reader long after he puts it down. . . . As Stephen Crane once said about Civil War historical writing, 'I want to be there.' In A Distant Flame, Mr. Williams takes us there, and it's a landscape that captures the heart." —ROBERT j. MRAZEK, author of Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War "A Distant Flame takes a sultry summer day in 1914 and weaves it into a page-turning tale of Civil War Georgia. . . . Williams's bittersweet story of life, love, and loss in a small Southern town will touch your heart and move you to tears." —DAVID EVANS, author of Shermans Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign "A Distant Flame is the best story yet written about the Atlanta campaign and life on the home front in Civil War Georgia. It is also much more. It blends scrupulously researched history with powerful narrative to produce a compelling , multidimensional story of one man's life as shaped by the Civil War over a span of fifty years. It is a story of war, love, and community in a small north Georgia town, brilliantly told, full of insights into the complex impact of the Civil War on everyday Southerners." —THOMAS G. DYER, author of Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta This page intentionally left blank ...