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Roman historian Flavius Josephus chronicles the lives of three Jewish women during the Romans' siege of Masada in A.D. 73, where more than 900 Jews were able to take refuge at the fortress for months.
The Dovekeepers: With Maia Laura Attard, Sam Neill, Rachel Brosnahan, Cote de Pablo. Based in Alice Hoffman's historical novel about the Siege of Masada, the miniseries focuses on four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada.
Oct 4, 2011 · The Dovekeepers is the story of four women – Aziza, the girl-warrior; Shirah, the Witch of Moab; Yael, the lioness; and Revka, the revenging mother – who came to Masada after their homes and towns were destroyed, each arriving a completely different woman than who they had been before the invasion.
Apr 3, 2012 · The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. In 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean, desert, Masada.
Based on Alice Hoffman's bestselling, critically acclaimed historical novel, The Dovekeepers is a four-hour limited event series from executive producers Roma Downey and Emmy Award winner Mark Burnett.
Oct 21, 2011 · “The Dovekeepers” details the interactions of six women: Shirah, the Witch of Moab, and her two daughters, Aziza and Nahara; Yael, the daughter of a ruthless...
