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  <genre authority="">Psychological fiction.</genre>
  <genre authority="gsafd">Historical fiction.</genre>
  <genre authority="gsafd">Love stories.</genre>
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    <publisher>Scribner</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st Scribner hardcover ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>504 p. : map ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
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    <geographic>Masada Site (Israel)</geographic>
    <temporal>Siege, 72-73</temporal>
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