'A book as monumental as its subject, magical, moving, quite beautifully written and probably Hoffman's best. Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffmans most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research. Hoffman's grasp of her subject compels respect' Helen Dunmore, The Times 'Hoffman is a writer of great perception and she captures with precision the complexity of the relationships between the women, their fear and guilt, their courage, their hunger for consolation and companionship' Guardian

The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's masterpiece. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets - about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. The program premiered in the United States on Maon CBS. It features the Siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the First JewishRoman War. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert.

Yael is the assassin's daughter, Revka's life has been torn apart by the Romans, Aziza has been raised as a warrior and Shirah is wise in the ways of ancient magic. The Dovekeepers is a two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by Alice Hoffman from executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. Only two women and five children survived.īased on this tragic event, Alice Hoffman weaves a spellbinding story about the lives of four bold and remarkable women during desperate days of the siege of Masada, when supplies are dwindling and the Romans are drawing near. In the year 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against the Roman army in ancient Israel. 'A major contribution to twenty-first-century literature' Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and author of Beloved

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