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Aug 17, 2024 · Several of her novels delve into events in Jewish history, including 2006’s Incantation, a YA novel about the Spanish Inquisition, 2011’s The Dovekeepers, about the siege at Masada, and 2015’s The Marriage of Opposites, about the forbidden love of the artist Pissarro’s parents.
6 days ago · The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman This is another one that’s on my personal reading list after being recommended by numerous friends. Here’s what my friend Tammy had to say: “The Dovekeepers is a historical fiction novel that dramatizes the siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the first Jewish Roman War.
Aug 26, 2024 · Our readers have shared their most-loved herbal novels—the ones that made their hearts race, their minds wander, and their love for all things leafy grow even stronger. So, grab your favorite reading spot, a cup of herbal tea, and get ready to explore the art of herbalism in all its storybook splendor.
1 day ago · Coming September 17th, 2024 from Scholastic Press; 304 pages. Content Warning: The Holocaust, antisemitism, familial death About the Author: “Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic, The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, Practical Magic, The Book of Magic, The Red Garden, the ...
5 days ago · The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman 1.99 Literary Fiction Rating: 4.3. AMAZON NOOK. Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived.
Aug 26, 2024 · Here is a short novelette (novella), published exclusively by Amazon Original Stories, from one of my favorite authors, Alice Hoffman – that you can read in under an hour (39 pages). It’s tight, well-written prose but because of its short length, I did not find it that emotionally engrossing.
2 days ago · Four acclaimed novels by "a born storyteller," the New York Times - bestselling author of The Rules of Magic and The Dovekeepers (Entertainment Weekly). One of today's most beloved authors of lyrical fiction with a touch of magic, Alice Hoffman boasts a body of work that has been praised by readers and critics from the very beginning.
