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Its almost as if ive ran a race, my adrenaline is pumping and my heart beating a mile a minute, scenes from the book keep going around and around in my head. Each and every page clearly demonstrated how much research went into not just the historical but also the social and spiritual aspects of firstcentury judea. The dovekeepers public library of cincinnati and hamilton. A novel is my favorite and most moving book that i read in 2012. Four strong women are brought together at the mountain of masada and fight for their lives against the romans. Poll ballot the dovekeepers by alice hoffman 4 stars jen k.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. The lives of four sensuous, bold and remarkable women intersect in the year ad 70, in the desperate days of the siege of masada, when supplies are dwindling and the romans are drawing near. A novel and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle.
Praise for the dovekeepers 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. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Apr 03, 2012 the dovekeepers is my absolute favourite adult novel. Alice hoffman booklist alice hoffman message board. The dovekeepers is a 2011 historical novel by american writer alice hoffman. Dovekeepers is the first book ive read of alice hoffmans.
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This reading group guide for the dovekeepers includes discussion questions and a letter from author, alice hoffman. The dovekeepers manatee county public library system. I read a wonderful book, one that i never would have chosen myself. You will feel like you are in ancient israel, running from fear and enemies and fighting for your life. Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose entertainment weekly.
The dovekeepers palm beach county library system overdrive. Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred jews held out for months against armies of romans on masada, a mountain in the judean desert. The dovekeepers is strikinghoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose entertainment weekly. The story of the last zealot stronghold in judea is told from the point of view of four fictional women in the novel the dovekeepers by alice hoffman. I received a warm welcome as the newcomer in a well established book club. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dovekeepers. The novel focuses on the lives of four very different women who took refuge at masada. After losing her house, widow and single mother lena must enter a marriage of convenience with anker to survive the winter. Dovekeepers orbits around the real life events of the early 70s a. Your author page is your author homepage on amazon. Free download or read online the dovekeepers pdf epub book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hardcover, mass market paperback, mp3 cd the dovekeepers. Shop for kindle ebooks online at best prices in india at.
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Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. In fact, one evening my wife looked at the book while i was reading in bed and said. The dovekeepers by alice hoffman overdrive rakuten. An ambitious and mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of rules of magic.
In telling their story of loss and love, ive told my own story as well. As i have a personal academic interest in the masada holdout against the overwhelming odds of romes legions and the conviction of the essene community that they were indeed in the end times. Buy the dovekeepers by alice hoffman from amazon s fiction books store. Prepare, publish, promote promote your book kindle merchandising programs author central. Its my third by alice hoffman, and her writing style never fails to put me under a spell. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are aziza, yael. How to write a kindle book, how to write a novel, book writing, writing a novel, write for kindle the wolf chronicles. Books by alice hoffman alice hoffman average rating 3. This is more than just historical fiction it is also a part of the magical realism genre, making the book suitable for lovers of history and fantasy. Alice hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including the world that we knew, practical magic, the rules of magic, the oprahs book club selection here on earth,the red garden, the dovekeepers,the museum of extraordinary things, the marriage of opposites, and faithful.
The dovekeepers fort vancouver regional library district. Never before has a book entranced me the way the dovekeepers by alice hoffman has. The first edition of the novel was published in october 4th 2011, and was written by alice hoffman. Topics about this book topics that mention this book. The dovekeepers was published by simon and schuster on 4 october 2011. And so i did read alice hoffman and i liked alice hoffman. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 504 pages and is available in hardcover format. The dovekeepers spokane county library district overdrive.
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