{"product_id":"the-dovekeepers-9781451617481","title":"The Dovekeepers","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious and mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRules of Magic. The Dovekeepers \u003c\/i\u003eis \"striking....Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly two thousand years ago, 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 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451617481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.28w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2012 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2012 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651362910364,"sku":"9781451617481","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14a8f5c2-a80a-47a9-a44a-78d95553b720.jpg?v=1603877485","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dovekeepers-9781451617481","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}