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The Dovekeepers

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Description for The Dovekeepers Paperback. One of the most dramatic stories in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women - a tour de force from an extraordinary writer. Num Pages: 512 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
‘A major contribution to twenty-first-century literature’ Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and author of Beloved
 
In the year 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against the Roman army in ancient Israel. Only two women and five children survived.
 
Based on this tragic event, Alice Hoffman weaves a spellbinding story about the lives of four bold and remarkable women during desperate days of the siege of Masada, when supplies are dwindling and the Romans are drawing near.
 
Yael is the assassin’s daughter, Revka’s life has been torn apart by the Romans, Aziza ... Read morehas been raised as a warrior and Shirah is wise in the ways of ancient magic. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets – about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.

The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s masterpiece.

Praise for The Dovekeepers


‘Hoffman is a writer of great perception and she captures with precision the complexity of the relationships between the women, their fear and guilt, their courage, their hunger for consolation and companionship’ Guardian
 
‘Fascinating . . . Hoffman’s grasp of her subject compels respectHelen Dunmore, The Times
 
 ‘A book as monumental as its subject, magical, moving, quite beautifully written and probably Hoffman’s best. A genuine masterpiece’ Daily Mail
 
‘I would share the incredible creative power and intense imagination of Alice Hoffman, whose novel The Dovekeepersshows just how far and deep historical fiction can go’ Observer, ‘What Will Be Under Your Tree This Christmas’
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Product Details

Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857205445
SKU
V9780857205445
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About Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman is the author of thirty works of fiction, including Practical Magic, The Red Garden, The Dovekeepers and, most recently,The Museum of Extraordinary Things. She lives in Boston. Visit her website: www.alicehoffman.com

Reviews for The Dovekeepers
‘What is it that makes American authors excel at depicting marriage? Alice Hoffman’s The Marriage of Opposites is one of the best novels on the subject . . . not least because the opposites of its title embrace not just gender but race, class and religion . . . Hoffman’s sensuous prose is ideally suited to describing the landscape . ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Dovekeepers


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