Hoffman, Alice.

The dovekeepers : a novel / Dove keepers Alice Hoffman. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2011. - 504 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 504).

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 draw near.

9781451617474 (hardcover) 145161747X (hardcover) 9781451617481 (pbk.) 1451617488 (pbk.)

2011018099


Women--Israel--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.


Masada Site (Israel)--Siege, 72-73--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.

PS3558.O3447 / D68 2011

813/.54

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