The dovekeepers / Alice Hoffman.
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TextPublication details: London : Simon & Schuster, c2011Description: 504 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780857205438Other title: Dove keepersSubject(s): Women -- Israel -- Fiction | Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Masada Site (Israel) -- Siege, 72-73 -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. | Historical fiction. | Love stories. DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: Fantasy. The novel of a lifetime, unlike anything Alice Hoffman has ever written; this novel is, as she says, her Beloved (as in Toni Morrison's masterful breakout novel), a tour de force of imagination and researchThe DOVEKEEPERS tells the story of one of the most dramatic events in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women. Based on the Romans' siege of Masada where 900 Jews held out against the Romans for nearly two years, all but two women and five children were massacred.
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Fantasy. The novel of a lifetime, unlike anything Alice Hoffman has ever written; this novel is, as she says, her Beloved (as in Toni Morrison's masterful breakout novel), a tour de force of imagination and researchThe DOVEKEEPERS tells the story of one of the most dramatic events in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women. Based on the Romans' siege of Masada where 900 Jews held out against the Romans for nearly two years, all but two women and five children were massacred.
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