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Ludicrous book covers
Ludicrous book covers
I've put this in the Chat section because the classic novels involved are mostly written contemporary with the author. What on earth were the designers thinking - other than having female nudity in the brain! http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/ ... vexed.html
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Totally bizarre! The covers don't really seem to have any connection the what the books are about!
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Ummmm. I googled the publisher just to see if it wasn't some silly hoax and found this list at Amazon. Ewwwwww.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Having looked further though, most of the titles seem to have been taken down, so I wonder if it IS a clever hoax. The Mary Shelly book seems legit though, so I dunno.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
I hope it was a hoax, because some of those covers were absolutely hilarious...as Ludmilla pointed out Man-Size.
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- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
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- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Ridiculous, and hilarious... as book covers. Those should stay paintings.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- LoveHistory
- Bibliomaniac
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- Location: Wisconsin, USA
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[quote=""annis""]How utterly bizarre! I thought this was a wind-up, but there are these books listed on Amazon with covers as shown. What on earth , for example, has Lady Godiva got to do with Jane Austen's Regency world? Good grief.[/quote]
I could see Caroline Bingley going to those lengths to get Mr. Darcy's attention.
I could see Caroline Bingley going to those lengths to get Mr. Darcy's attention.