The Friday Face-Off: King

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.” – A cover featuring a king.

This week was hard! I couldn’t think of anything I’ve read recently that featured a king, that had more than two covers, so I went way back and chose a classic. I read The Once and Future King by T.H. White when I was a kid, I think, but everyone is familiar with the story of Camelot and King Arthur, even if you haven’t read this book. Take a look at some covers:

Ace Books (U.S. edition) 1987 | Fontana/Collins (UK?) edition 1969

Flamingo edition 1984 | Spanish edition 2012

German edition 2009 | UK edition 1994

Canadian edition 2015 | Hungarian edition 2001

These are all so different. I do love the 1987 Ace Books edition, but I think my favorite is the Canadian:

Which one is your favorite?

Posted March 22, 2019 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 20 Comments

Divider

20 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: King

  1. I was liking the Flamingo edition right up until when I saw the Canadian – which then stole the show.
    Lynn 😀

  2. todd

    I agree with Lynn. My favorite is the Canadian edition, followed by the Flamingo edition. Great book.

  3. What a fabulous choice for this week’s theme – there isn’t one here that I don’t like. Your favourite is clearly a fab cover – but I also love the Flamingo 1984 edition, even with that wretched textbox. The artwork is beautiful.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.