{"product_id":"dovekeepers-1","title":"Dovekeepers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDovekeepers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlice Hoffman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781451617474\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e512\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eOver five years in the writing, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers \u003c\/i\u003eis Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain 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 horrifically brutal 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 an 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 siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets--about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers \u003c\/i\u003eis Alice Hoffman's masterpiece.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Dovekeepers | Alice Hoffman | Hardcover | 9781451617474 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1773940","offer_id":49674320576664,"sku":"1773940","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_370R6QQL.jpg?v=1786543603","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dovekeepers-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}