{"product_id":"the-dovekeepers-alice-hoffman-paperback","title":"The Dovekeepers -- Alice Hoffman, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn ambitious and mesmerizing historical novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRules of Magic. The Dovekeepers \u003c\/i\u003eis \"striking....Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain fortress 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 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the Roman siege of Masada. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets--about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alice Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/3\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\" H x 5.2\" L x 1.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781451617481\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751065059627,"sku":"9781451617481","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781451617481_d5940a24-1e2b-4f29-935a-b9afad12da7d.jpg?v=1774905505","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dovekeepers-alice-hoffman-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}