The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of research and imagination. Nearly 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 com...

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briana_roux4 сентября 2014 г.
We were no different from the doves above us.
We could not speak or cry, but when there was no choice
we discovered we could fly.
We yearned for our portion of the sky.
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briana_roux24 декабря 2013 г.
The old assassin had taught me that men never see what is right before their eyes. They look in corners and under rocks, but if you are standing in front of them, they will pass you by, believing you to be no more than olive tree, a part of the landscape and nothing more.
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