Alice Hoffman weaves ancient history into mesmerizing tale
by AMANDA ST. AMAND • astamand@post-dispatch.com | Posted: Sunday, October 2, 2011 12:00 am | No Comments Posted (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
'The Dovekeepers'
A novel by Alice Hoffman
Published by Scribner, 504 pages, $27
On sale Tuesday
If a world of strong women and their complex relationships with one another doesn't draw you into Alice Hoffman's brilliant new novel, "The Dovekeepers," read it for Hoffman's fine sense of narrative, history and detail as she shares the story of four women who come by various paths to Masada.
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Sunday, October 02, 2011
A new novel on the fall of Masada
A NEW NOVEL on the fall of Masada: