
I have a perhaps unjustifiable prejudice against photographed cover art for histfic; it destroys a sense for me outright, because it never EVER appears period appropriate to me. As we've seen here, it tends to just be stock imagery - cheaply produced, and not created just for a particular novel. So it alienates me right there. Then again, I'm a contrarian, so I know my opinions for the irrelevant points they tend to be.[/quote]
BTW, there is a list at Goodreads for anachronistic dresses (and male dress!) on book covers (all in good fun of course). Linky to GR members who care to vote and/or add more to it.