"The Dovekeepers "is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing
novel, a tour de force of research and imagination.
Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for
months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean
desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and
five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event,
Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily
bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to
Masada by a different path. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and
her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death.
Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the murder of her daughter
by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons,
rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior's
daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who
finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is
wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with
uncanny insight and power.
The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women
intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers,
and all are also keeping secrets--about who they are, where they
come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
April 2012 |
Authors: |
Alice Hoffman
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Dimensions: |
203 x 132 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
505 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4516-1748-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4516-1748-8 |
Barcode: |
9781451617481 |
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