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Over five years in the publishing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s many enchanting and formidable book, a tour-de force of study and creativity, occur ancient Israel. In 70 C.E., eight hundred Jews kept out for weeks against armies of Romans on Masada, a hill in the Judean wilderness. Based on the ancient historian Josephus, five children and two girls survived. Centered on this legendary and heartbreaking function, Hoffman’s book is just a hypnotic story of four sumptuous, ingenious, and terribly daring ladies, all of whom has arrived at Masada with a diverse route.