![]() 'A book as monumental as its subject, magical, moving, quite beautifully written and probably Hoffman's best. Hoffman's grasp of her subject compels respect' Helen Dunmore, The Times All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets - about who they are, where they come. ![]() '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 The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman - book cover, description. The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's masterpiece. An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets - about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. Yael is the assassin's daughter, Revka's life has been torn apart by the Romans, Aziza has been raised as a warrior and Shirah is wise in the ways of ancient magic. Only two women and five children survived.īased 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. In the year 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against the Roman army in ancient Israel. ![]() Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'A major contribution to twenty-first-century literature' Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and author of Beloved ![]()
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