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The dovekeepers : a novel / Alice Hoffman

By:

Hoffman, Alice, (1952-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Scribner , 2011Description: 504 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781451617474

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DDC classification:

FIC HOF

LOC classification:

PS3558.O3447 D68 2011

Summary: In 70 C.E., 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067460

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In 70 C.E., 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.

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