中世纪历史小说的封面设计

Los dos castillos

马里亚纳Vernieri

故事发生在1202-1208年的朗格多克和加泰罗尼亚。这是一个真实的故事，讲述了一个被教会反对的包办婚姻。书中有浪漫和战争以及对政治和社会景观的展示，这些将在阿尔比派十字军东征中有进一步的发展在该系列的后续书中。它是用西班牙语写的。伽他利派和欧西坦贵族是故事的中心。主角的爱情故事是核心。它从“我不想结婚，我父亲强迫我”变成了“我真的很爱这个男人，想嫁给他，但教会反对我们的婚礼，因此会有战争”。还有战争，所以他们可以结婚。Ermessenda所保守的秘密与Cathars(当时的异端宗教，后来被宗教审判所消灭)有关。她保护他们。他们是被不公正地迫害和杀害的“好人”。 She writes a forbidden book about their story and doctrine and keeps it hidden. It’s her legacy to her family.

它有浪漫的元素，所以会有大多数女性，但它也有历史背景，更吸引男性。不是太年轻。中世纪的主题，因此它可以吸引Follett和Posterguillo的读者和历史爱好者一般。

平装书

这个系列的标题，“El secreto de Ermessenda”意思是“Ermessenda的秘密”。该系列的第二本书将共享这个名字和总体设计，我也将聘请比赛的获胜者。埃斯梅森达·德·卡斯特尔博是一个真实的历史人物。13世纪的子爵夫人。在第一本书中，她的年龄在16到24岁之间。她美丽、富有、强大、聪明、坚强、独立。她的头发是红色/青铜色的，波浪状的，长长的，她的眼睛是蜂蜜色的。我想看到她上封面。它可以对着镜头，也可以背对镜头，穿着适合时间的裙子。第一本书的名字是“Los dos castillos”，意思是“两座城堡”。 This refers to the two castles in Ermessenda’s life. One is the castle of Castellbo, small, cozy, and from her family of origin. The other one is the castle of Foix. Big and beautiful (it still exists, you can check out pics of it online) owned by the family of the man she is supposed to marry. She moves there to meet her fiancé and feels lost in a new environment at first but ends up being the spiritual queen of the land with time. The romance element is important but I don’t want him showing in the cover. I imagine her and the two castles as a background. I picture some beautiful script letters for her name. One option is one castle at each side and she faces them, looking away from the camera. Another option is she faces the camera and the castles are in the background, or she is in one castle, we can see the window and she looks through it to the other castle. It’s figurative because there are mountains in between both, you can’t actually see it. The mountains are the Pyrenees and I’d like to see them pictured. She rides a white horse which is important for the story and could be present or not in the design. She also wears a jewel that has special significance. It’s a black velvet choker with a round silver medallion with a Gallic rooster embedded with green emeralds. This can be shown if the angle is correct. I added some covers I like as inspiration for the design. Also I added images created by me with AI programs. I own the rights of those and you can use them, but look at them carefully. Being AI generated they are weird and a bit deformed. They can’t be used like that. Must be edited and fixed to look good. With the exception of the picture of the mannequin with a choker, which is just an example, all the pics I added which are no book covers are AI generated and you can use them in the design. I prefer not to pay a lot extra for stock images, please use royalty free or cheap ones. You can actually use my AI images in the design or use them just as inspiration.

它不是幻想，不是神秘，也不是典型的浪漫。这是一个基于真实事件、人物和事实的真实历史故事。它需要给人一种历史书的感觉(我添加了一些例子)，但不是硬历史，因为它仍然是一部小说。非常重要的是，这不是幻想，也不是廉价的浪漫。