That is so weird. It's another example of publishers really being out of touch with the intelligence of their readers. Did they think the photo would not be recognized as Grand Duchess Anastasia by ANYONE?
Anyhoo, I found a another cover of the book on the author's website. It has another female's photo on it. I don't recognize this person, but who knows, it may be an obscure royal I am just not familiar with. :o. Check out the other cover.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/ann-rinaldi/juliet-s-moon.htm
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/sarahelizabethii/blog/julietsmoon.jpg)
Why did they do it?
Why did they do it?
I have a feeling it had something to do with some sort of copyright... But all the same, this is really odd. I wonder what Rinaldi had to say about it, if she cared one way or another...
Guess what, I just went to Amazon to see this book, and here is the cover I saw there:
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/helenazar2/julietsmoon.jpg)
Jacket Confusion!!
At Barnes & Noble they have Anastasia on the cover too
(Here's the link!) (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=9780152061708&ourl=Juliets%2DMoon%2FAnn%2DRinaldi)
Guess what, I just went to Amazon to see this book, and here is the cover I saw there:
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/helenazar2/julietsmoon.jpg)
This is not a girl from the 1860's, hair and dress style very wrong.
Sarushka, are you playing a practical joke on us? ;-)
About Tatiana on the cover of Rasputin's daughter, that's wrong too since the picture is obviously supposed to represent the main character. I don't know why they did such a thing. It only confuses people who don't know any better.
About Tatiana on the cover of Rasputin's daughter, that's wrong too since the picture is obviously supposed to represent the main character. I don't know why they did such a thing. It only confuses people who don't know any better.
...or just the opposite -- it confuses the handful of us who do know better.
I suspect 99% of the likely readers of the book would not recognize Tatiana.
Weird.... But I wouldn't worry about "poor unsuspecting" customers... If someone actually buys a book based on the cover photo, then they deserve to get an unplesant surprise! ;-)
Tatiana's on the cover of Rasputin's Daughter (http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/books.html?sku=35), which gives some people a funny feeling, considering the title! ;)
I don't know how the price compares with hiring photographers and live models, but archival photographs are not free -- authors and/or publishers easily pay hundreds of dollars to use them in books or as cover art.
Depends on the archive. I can tell you that not all the images in Miss Spitfire were freebies!
I don't know how the price compares with hiring photographers and live models, but archival photographs are not free -- authors and/or publishers easily pay hundreds of dollars to use them in books or as cover art.
Actually, I can think of very few people that would walk into a bookstore, see the picture, and think, "Oh, look. It's Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna Romanova!"
I don't think you can judge how accurate the book is just because they used a picture of her on one of the covers.
Actually, I can think of very few people that would walk into a bookstore, see the picture, and think, "Oh, look. It's Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna Romanova!"
I don't think you can judge how accurate the book is just because they used a picture of her on one of the covers.
Exactly. I'd even go so far as to question whether or not the publisher knew whose photo they were using in the first place.
[It also kind of sad, there kind of ruining the image of Anastasia to.
[It also kind of sad, there kind of ruining the image of Anastasia to.
Eh, I wouldn't go as far as to say they are 'ruining her image'.
'Her' image has been skewed and distorted by people from the very beginning. I can't think of much else they could possibly do to ruin any true image she has now.
Making Anastasia into a video game character, per se, isn't a problem.
It's a matter of how well she is made into one.
So far, I haven't seen a good video-game version of her.
There is so much dramatic about her: AA's case for example. Because this is really in that way that a mentally insane woman stole her identity, her life. And, people still refer AA as being the Grand Duchess. That's worse to me.
Actually, I can think of very few people that would walk into a bookstore, see the picture, and think, "Oh, look. It's Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna Romanova!"
Well, yes that's because we know about them and people that know us well would too because if you're like me, you've told them all about them.
Tatiana's on the cover of Rasputin's Daughter (http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/books.html?sku=35), which gives some people a funny feeling, considering the title! ;)
haha sarushka!!
that shends shivers down my spine haha
Oh, wow. Both of those covers bother me. Did they not want to fork over some money to get someone to pose for those pictures if they couldn't get something that was actually accurate/ the right person?
It Makes you wander how inaccurate the story is. You think they would notice the mistake? Or know better then picking a random picture!
The book by Meyer does have some fabricated stories and gets the most well-known facts completely backwards which is a little sad but if it were all true it would be a nice book. Sadly, children don't know the difference anyways so I guess that doesn't matter...
A lot of that is fiction, if I'm not mistaken.
About Tatiana on the cover of Rasputin's daughter, that's wrong too since the picture is obviously supposed to represent the main character. I don't know why they did such a thing. It only confuses people who don't know any better.
...or just the opposite -- it confuses the handful of us who do know better.
I suspect 99% of the likely readers of the book would not recognize Tatiana.
That's exactly what I mean- anyone reading the book would already be interested in the Romanovs, or learning about them. Having a picture of the actual GD Tatiana representing Maria Rasputin is wrong and misleading to those trying to learn.