I like how dramatic this cover is, with the incongruous White Queen driving the British carriage, and the lamp post tying into The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I was seeing more marble and sandstone, and smoother, grander structures than this. This is the only cover I could find with anything at all of the White Queen’s ruined palace, and frankly it doesn’t look remotely the way I pictured it. There’s something about the ancient ruins of the dying world that grabbed me–but apparently not cover artists! By contrast, I don’t even remember the flying horse that shows up on a good half of the covers out there…

Lewis, with the fantastic and fascinating old world of the White Queen. I’m going to fudge a little bit here, because the book that immediately came to mind is The Magician’s Nephew by C. This week’s theme is: “Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay the worst is death and death will have his day.” – A cover with abandoned building/s The idea is to put up different covers for one book, and select a favorite. Time again for the Friday Face-Off meme, created by Books by Proxy, with weekly topics hosted by Lynn’s Book Blog.

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