A Dream of Kings (novel)
A Dream of Kings is a novel written by American author Davis Grubb, published in 1955.The novel describes the life of Tom Christopher during the American Civil War in Virginia."A storm is gathering upon our land and when it has passed [Abija Hornbrook writes to his daughter] you may see a new nation upon this continent and you will know that I have helped to form it....a time of kings....Yes, this nation shall belong to the gentlemen who founded it.When Jackson dies, Tom deserts, and goes back to West Virginia.Time had a favorable opinion upon the novel: "Novelist Grubb...has now attempted what might have been a commonplace story...but...he writes with such emotional conviction and lyric intensity that the book emerges as an authentic and haunting experience.