These days an adjective recognised in the OED, Mills & Boon has become a genre unto itself over its 100-year history. To mark its centenary, The Art of Romance tells the publisher’s story with a century’s worth of covers. Here is a selection, offering fascinating insights into the changing meaning of ‘romance’.
At the end of the gallery, there’s a chance for you to win your own copy of the complete book, with a competition to come up with the most accurate, or funny, or simply darling alternative title for the cover with its name blanked out. Here’s looking at you.
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