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The dovekeepers Cover Image Large Print Book

The dovekeepers [large print] / Alice Hoffman.

Hoffman, Alice. (Author).

Summary:

Four women, Yael--whose father, an expert assassin, has never forgiven her for her mother's death during childbirth--Revka--a local baker's wife who witnessed the murder or her daughter by Roman soldiers--Aziza--a warrior's daughter who was raised like a son--and Shirah--a woman born with uncanny insight and knowledge of ancient magic--are drawn to Masada, a mountain the Judean desert where, in 70 CE, nine hundred Jews withheld for months against armies of Romans.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611732573
  • ISBN: 1611732573
  • Physical Description: 735 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 735).
Citation/References Note:
Booklist
Kirkus Review
Library Journal
Booklist, May 2011
Kirkus Review, April 2011
Library Journal, June 2011
Target Audience Note:
Adult
Adult Follett Library Resources

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Subject:
Women > Israel > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Masada Site (Israel) > Siege, 72-73 > Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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