The Dovekeepers: A Novel

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Synopsis

An ambitious and mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of Rules of Magic. The Dovekeepers is “striking….Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose” (Entertainment Weekly).

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 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.

The 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.

Chapters

  • Dovekeepers 21 ByTheTime

    Duration: 17min
  • Dovekeepers 22 InTheMorning

    Duration: 29min
  • Dovekeepers 23 WhenTheMonth

    Duration: 29min
  • Dovekeepers 24 EightDaysLater

    Duration: 08min
  • Dovekeepers 25 WhenOurWarriors

    Duration: 22min
  • Dovekeepers 26 IWentTo

    Duration: 19min
  • Dovekeepers 27 IPracticedPatience

    Duration: 25min
  • Dovekeepers 28 WhenIRapped

    Duration: 14min
  • Dovekeepers 29 YaelWasAllowed

    Duration: 29min
  • Dovekeepers 30 Aziza

    Duration: 21min
  • Dovekeepers 31 AllTheWhile

    Duration: 18min
  • Dovekeepers 32 PeopleSayThat

    Duration: 21min
  • Dovekeepers 33 AsOurSecrets

    Duration: 28min
  • Dovekeepers 34 AtTheDovecote

    Duration: 21min
  • Dovekeepers 35 OneEveningAs

    Duration: 28min
  • Dovekeepers 36 YaelDidNot

    Duration: 26min
  • Dovekeepers 37 OnTheFirst

    Duration: 22min
  • Dovekeepers 38 TradesmanCame

    Duration: 18min
  • Dovekeepers 39 ThereWereSixty

    Duration: 28min
  • Dovekeepers 40 AdirsWoundHad

    Duration: 22min
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