The Resource The dovekeepers : a novel, Alice Hoffman
The dovekeepers : a novel, Alice Hoffman
- Summary
- "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. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and an expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power. The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 504 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451617474
- Label
- The dovekeepers : a novel
- Title
- The dovekeepers
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Hoffman
- Title variation
- Dove keepers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and an expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power. The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love"--Provided by publisher
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- Title
- The dovekeepers
- Summary
- A tale inspired by the tragic first-century massacre of hundreds of Jewish people at Masada presents the stories of a hated daughter, a baker's wife, a girl disguised as a warrior, and a medicine woman who keep doves and secrets while Roman soldiers drawnear
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- 10003115
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3558.O3447
- LC item number
- D68 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Target audience
- adult
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- Alice Hoffman
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- Dove keepers
- Label
- The dovekeepers : a novel, Alice Hoffman
- Related Subjects
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- Literary fiction
- Historical fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Men/women relations
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Books to TV
- Mass suicide
- Masada Site (Israel) -- Siege, 72-73 -- Fiction
- Women
- Women -- Israel -- Fiction
- Masada (Fortress), Israel -- Siege, 72-73
- Identity (Psychology)
- Tragedy
- Grief
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
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- Edition
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 504 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451617474
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011018099
- Note
- cat24
- System control number
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- ocn709672966
- (OCoLC)709672966
Subject
- Downloadable Overdrive ebooks
- Electronic books
- Historical fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Masada Site (Israel) -- Siege, 72-73 -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Women -- Israel -- Fiction
- Books to TV
- Grief
- Historical fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- Literary fiction
- Masada (Fortress), Israel -- Siege, 72-73
- Mass suicide
- Men/women relations
- Tragedy
- Women
Genre
- Downloadable Overdrive ebooks
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Books to TV
- Historical fiction
- Literary fiction
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