The Dovekeepers

by Alice Hoffman


Anchored by the harrowing true events of the Siege of Masada in ancient Judea in 70 A.D., this historical novel by the author of Practical Magic weaves together the stories of four potent women who are present at the Near East mountaintop fortress when the Romans' invasion led to a mass suicide of nearly all the Jewish rebels within.

Summer says, "This horrible story is told with such lyrical words that you can't help but be drawn into it. What an excellent contribution to literature."