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 by Linda Porter

Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll

The Winthrop Woman: A Novel by Anya Seton

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor

Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria by Julia Gelardi

Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox

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.