A new novel on the fall of Masada

A NEW NOVEL on the fall of Masada:

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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