Another review of Hoffman, "The Dovekeepers" (Masada novel)

BOOK REVIEW:

'The Dovekeepers:' A book review

Published: Sunday, October 02, 2011, 10:39 AM
Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk

The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman
Scribner, 504 pp., $27.99

Reviewed by Sherryl Connelly

The ancient historian Josephus wrote that he learned the story of Masada from two women who had escaped as the Romans breached the walls of the desert stronghold in 73 CE to declare victory over the corpses of 900 Jewish men, women and children. They had committed suicide rather than submit. Recent archaeological findings appear to contradict what Josephus recorded, but Alice Hoffman embraces the account and the woman who gave it in what may be her master work, “The Dovekeepers.”

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Earlier review noted here.