The Dovekeepers : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from dgmlrhodes

This book was exceptionally beautiful and elegant. There are strong female characters in a brutal time and it shows the best of women. The book is set in Masada in 70 C.E. Four women are brought together as they face the Romans who want to destroy the Jews. The four women include: Yael, Revka, Az...

from Citizenjoyce

The Dovekeepers is a very uncomfortable read. It's also a very engaging one and the perfect book to read for Passover, unless, of course, you hate it. Hoffman covers the fall of Jerusalem in 70 - 73 CE with a concentration on the siege at Masada, and she's really done her research. I learned that...

from TheLostEntwife

I have only had a few experiences with Hoffman's writing - but I think it's safe to say The Dovekeepers knocks them out of the water. One thing I've noticed recently is the variety of historical time periods that books are based on, that are being released. This was the first of these books that ...

from drachenbraut23

The Dovekeepers was utterly beautiful and haunting at the same time. I found myself so captured by the book that it was difficult for me to put it down at times. Based on true events, Alice Hoffman managed to create a stunning, heartbreaking, magical story. Here, we find ancient magic, mythology ...

from rainpebble

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman is a retelling of the Biblical story of Masada. The main characters are a few of the women who take care of the doves that King Harod left when Masada was emptied of people. It is quite a wonderfully drawn story and when I read it, in my mind's eye, I was there. H...