The dovekeepers : a novel
Hoffman, Alice (1952-)
The dovekeepers : a novel Dove keepers / Alice Hoffman - New York : Scribner , 2011. - 735 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references
Only two women and five children of more than 900 people survived the Roman siege of Masada in the year 73 C.E. after the suicide pact of the Jewish rebels there, according to the historian Josephus. In this well-researched novel, Hoffman (The Red Garden) vividly brings this tragedy to life, as four women who take care of the dovecote at the fortress tell their stories. Seeking refuge at Masada after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple are Yael, the daughter and sister of Sicarii, professional assassins, and Revka, who with her two mute grandsons has just witnessed the horrific murder of the boys' mother in the desert. Shirah and her warrior daughter Aziza come from Moab. Considered a healer and a witch, Shirah still worships the ancient goddess Ashtoreth. Hoffman finds poetry and beauty, dignity and honor, even in those perilous, blood-soaked times.
9781611732573
2011018099
Women----Israel----Fiction
Identity (Psychology)----Fiction
Man-woman relationships----Fiction
Large print books
Masada Site (Israel)----72-73----Fiction
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction
Love stories
PS3558.O3447 / D68 2011
LARP FIC HOF
The dovekeepers : a novel Dove keepers / Alice Hoffman - New York : Scribner , 2011. - 735 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references
Only two women and five children of more than 900 people survived the Roman siege of Masada in the year 73 C.E. after the suicide pact of the Jewish rebels there, according to the historian Josephus. In this well-researched novel, Hoffman (The Red Garden) vividly brings this tragedy to life, as four women who take care of the dovecote at the fortress tell their stories. Seeking refuge at Masada after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple are Yael, the daughter and sister of Sicarii, professional assassins, and Revka, who with her two mute grandsons has just witnessed the horrific murder of the boys' mother in the desert. Shirah and her warrior daughter Aziza come from Moab. Considered a healer and a witch, Shirah still worships the ancient goddess Ashtoreth. Hoffman finds poetry and beauty, dignity and honor, even in those perilous, blood-soaked times.
9781611732573
2011018099
Women----Israel----Fiction
Identity (Psychology)----Fiction
Man-woman relationships----Fiction
Large print books
Masada Site (Israel)----72-73----Fiction
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction
Love stories
PS3558.O3447 / D68 2011
LARP FIC HOF
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