Hoffman's grasp of her subject compels respect' Helen Dunmore, The Times 'A book as monumental as its subject, magical, moving, quite beautifully written and probably Hoffman's best. In The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman travels far from the New England setting of bestsellers such as Practical Magic and Here on Earth for the biggest, most ambitious book of her career.

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 'Fascinating. The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's masterpiece. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets - about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. 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). The novel is Alice Hoffman’s latest book, The Dovekeepers, which attempts to retell the story of the Jewish resistance during the Roman siege of Masada in the first century. Yael is the assassin's daughter, Revka's life has been torn apart by the Romans, Aziza has been raised as a warrior and Shirah is wise in the ways of ancient magic. Based on this tragic event, Alice Hoffman weaves a spellbinding story about the lives of four bold and remarkable women during desperate days of the siege of Masada, when supplies are dwindling and the Romans are drawing near. Only two women and five children survived.

'A major contribution to twenty-first-century literature' Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and author of Beloved In the year 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against the Roman army in ancient Israel.

The dovekeepers by alice hoffman