For Women Only.......

Here are the three jackets used for the Corgi editions of the first three books of the saga.  For better or for worse, Corgi decided that the books were going to be read by women only.  Can you imagine a man buying one of these at an airport bookstall and reading it on a plane journey?  I think not........... actually, I agreed with these covers at the time, on the assumption that Corgi were the experts and probably knew what they were doing.  In retrospect, it was a disaster to cut off 50% of the potential market for the books.  I'm much happier now that we are back with the old covers again, and the Corgi episode is consigned to the dustbin of history..............