For teens who delve deeply into history or who think about religion, culture, or social customs, this is an excellent recommendation. This is an intense novel of history, women’s spirituality, desperation, Jewish culture, and survival. Hoffman succeeds in creating a cross section of characters who embody differing worldviews of the time, allowing readers to more fully understand the decisions each woman made as she found her way to the desert stronghold. The story of the downfall at Masada is an amazing story of a people who faced down their enemies with the sheer force of their will. These women struggle to accept themselves, even as desperate events force them to desperate measures. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman 73,624 ratings, 4.06 average rating, 8,552 reviews Open Preview The Dovekeepers Quotes Showing 1-30 of 109 Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away. Beautiful, Epic, Informative, BookMovements reading guide includes discussion questions, plot summary, reviews and ratings and suggested discussion. Aziza, raised as a boy to become an accomplished soldier, walks a fine line between womanhood and her abilities as a warrior and Shirah, born into a pagan world that celebrates women’s strength, spirit ,and magic, is now despised by priests and all who forswore pagan ways. Yael is raised by a father who blames her for her mother’s death and refuses to acknowledge her Revka arrives with her traumatized grandsons who no longer speak after the brutal death of their mother. Among the turmoil and anguish are four women assigned to be dovekeepers in this stark, fateful place. 'The Dovekeepers' Review: Masada Siege Story Big, But Not Better - YouTube Cote De Pablo stars in this CBS event-series adaptation of the best-selling book about the Masada siege involving.

Jerusalem has fallen, and now Roman attention is turned to the 900 Jewish rebels who fled to the mountain stronghold of Masada. time is running out for the Jews holding against the superior forces of the Roman Army.

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