Royal Book Cover Review
That’s right! I’m discussing royal book covers. I decided to bring it up because I keep noticing the same theme for a lot of these books dealing with women, and it’s bugging me. It’s everywhere, from royals to rebels:
The First Queen of England: The Myth of Bloody Mary
Royal Affairs
The Winthrop Woman: A Novel
Forever Amber
Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford
What is the exact message? Why is it that all of the women have their entire heads/upper heads cut off (maybe that message is just a given in the case of anyone named Boleyn)??
Or, are we to be motivated into buying the book to find out about the behind-the-scenes sensuality due to royal cleavage? Whatever the case may be, it’s starting to become an oft-used theme that is getting a bit dull … and a bit macabre.
July 14th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Yes!! Annoying, isn’t it? It isn’t just royalty book covers, but all kinds of books aimed at women. I’m very tired of it, too. I like to see portraits with faces.