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The Dovekeepers
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by alice hoffman from executive producers rom”. Today it says “two-part television adaptation of on the 2011 novel of the same name by alice hoffman”.
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The Dovekeepers is a two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by Alice Hoffman from executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett . It features a fictionalized account of the Siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the First Jewish–Roman War . The program premiered in the United States on March 31, 2015 on CBS .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by alice hoffman from executive producers rom”. Today it says “two-part television adaptation of on the 2011 novel of the same name by alice hoffman”. Read the current article and compare.
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two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by alice hoffman from executive producers rom
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two-part television adaptation of on the 2011 novel of the same name by alice hoffman
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