tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post115621410059417327..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: It's Cover Time Again!Susan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156941586595726272006-08-30T08:39:00.000-04:002006-08-30T08:39:00.000-04:00Hey, Frank! I agree with you about the wives. I ju...Hey, Frank! I agree with you about the wives. I just finished <I>The Ivy Crown</I>, a novel about Katherine Parr--have you ever read it?Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156910082354420502006-08-29T23:54:00.000-04:002006-08-29T23:54:00.000-04:00That cover gives the impression that Henry was all...That cover gives the impression that Henry was all smitten with his German bride and that's just so laughably ahistorical. But poor Anne probably wasn't as ugly as she's popularly thought. Henry always had a penchant for small, petite women, so any girl with any curves on her just wasn't his type. I'm sure a lot of men would have appreciated the "Mare of Flanders"! And she was a smart girl, too; managed to keep her head, get a nice little divorce settlement, and outlive Henry. Katherine Parr and she have always been my favorite wives.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156330079146504122006-08-23T06:47:00.000-04:002006-08-23T06:47:00.000-04:00I expect the brown paper jacket or hollowed-out co...I expect the brown paper jacket or hollowed-out copy of <I>War and Peace</I> did sterling service.<BR/>Does the content deserve the cover? Anne of Cleves as a femme fatale takes some imagining.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156302185413130282006-08-22T23:03:00.000-04:002006-08-22T23:03:00.000-04:00Glad you liked it, ladies! It must have taken a br...Glad you liked it, ladies! It must have taken a brave person in the 1950's to read historical fiction, with some of those lurid covers.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156270814703439212006-08-22T14:20:00.000-04:002006-08-22T14:20:00.000-04:00It's always interesting to see how books changed o...It's always interesting to see how books changed over the years. I wish books still were a quarter... but if they were, could you imagine how many I would own? :)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156266327781999462006-08-22T13:05:00.000-04:002006-08-22T13:05:00.000-04:00Oh, I love this one! Thanks for sharing...Lana Tu...Oh, I love this one! Thanks for sharing...Lana Turner as The Flanders Mare.<BR/><BR/>Hilarious.Margaret Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202290659191790984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156248422978731482006-08-22T08:07:00.000-04:002006-08-22T08:07:00.000-04:00Er ... very colourful ;-)Er ... very colourful ;-)Alex Bordessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360540101147770320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156247852811800782006-08-22T07:57:00.000-04:002006-08-22T07:57:00.000-04:00So that's supposed to be Anne of Cleves there, wit...So that's supposed to be Anne of Cleves there, with the low-cut dress and lipstick? Interesting. Gotta love those 1950s paperbacks.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.com