Saturday, December 7, 2013

The Dovekeepers




The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
 
Nearly 2000 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 event, Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding tale of four bold, resourceful women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path.  The lives of these women intersect in the desperate days of the siege.

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