The Dovekeepers (novel)

The Dovekeepers is a 2011 historical novel by American writer Alice Hoffman. The novel dramatizes the Siege of Masada (73–74 CE) by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE).

Television film

A two-part television adaptation of the same name from executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett premiered in the United States on March 31, 2015, on CBS. It stars Cote de Pablo as Shirah.

See also

List of historical novels

Masada – a 1981 television dramatization of the events at Masada

References

2011 American novels

1st-century Judaism

American novels adapted into films

First Jewish–Roman War

Masada

Novels set in Asia

Novels set in the 1st century

War novels set in the Roman Empire

American novels adapted into television shows

Charles Scribner's Sons books