Today’s top ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl is a cover freebie. Historical fiction is a really recognizable genre in terms of their cover art. Especially when you look at novels about historical/royal figures. They look all the same. Showing a women in a fancy dress. Mostly the women is recognizable as she is looking straight at you. But this is not always the case.
Today I want to show you ten specific covers from my (to be) read list where a dress is the key element on the cover. So a cover with no head or clear face, but just a dress.
2. The wardrobe mistress by Meghan Masterson
3. Four sisters, all queens by Sherry Jones
4. Milady by Laura L. Sullivan
4. The queen’s Mary by Sarah Gristwood
5. Queen Elizabeth’s daughter by Anne Clinard Barnhill
6. The Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist (Dutch cover)
7. The queen’s vow by C.W. Gortner
8. The queen’s fool by Philippa Gregory
9. The forgotten queen by D.L. Bogdan
10. Queen of silks by Vanora Bennett
Which one is your favorite?
Empress of the Night is a beautiful cover! That one might be my favorite. Not only the dress, but the fan and the background. Just a great cover.
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I think Empress of the night is also my favorite cover, though I haven’t yet read it
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I’ve read most of those!
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I must admit I only read three of them, so still some reading work to do 😃
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Loves these covers and wow, that’s a lot of frocks! ☺️
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I wouldn’t want to clean them 😃
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Ha! Ha! Now there’s a horrific thought, and no, definitely not!
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And what lovely dresses they are!
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Indeed, they are so pretty
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I read Empress of the Night a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I hope that you do too!
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday!
Happy reading! 🙂
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I really should read it too, I loved her other novel about Catherine The Great
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These are beautiful! I really like covers with dresses on them. I actually even have one on my list today, too.
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Oh yes, they are always so pretty 😍
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I love pretty dress covers! They always pull me in. Here is my Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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They are definitely nice to look at 😃
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Yes, there are lots of historical fiction covers with faceless women in pretty dresses! I have read Empress of the Night, The Queen’s Mary and The Forgotten Queen – and I have Queen of Silks on the TBR too.
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I can also highly recommend The Queen’s vow about Isabel of Castile.
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I love historical fiction, so I’ve come across a lot of these covers. I hope you enjoy the books!
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