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'Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.' - Katie Fforde. 'My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours.' - Margaret Drabble. 'A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds.' - Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph. 'Sparkling' - Independent on Sunday. 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable' - India Knight
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'Every girl, whatever her age, needs her own complete set of Heyer titles. More than romantic they are witty, elegant, stylish and the best comedies of manners since Jane Austen. Required reading for everyone.' - Diane Pearson
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've always preferred Heyers regency novels but i loved this story as it focused on the guy, and it was just GOOD and not just some guy courting a girl. Seriously, the thee and thou stuff adds to the feel of the story, which is better than the half-assed attempt for a historical novel that you see in some romance books (& English is not even my first language). Ok, I just had to justify the book. :) The story focuses on Simon, who is an orphan bastard and is determined to be a knight, and you dont meet the lady till later when he is older and fighting in France. And as always with Heyer novels, you wish that they didnt end so fast... you have to add this to your Heyer bookshelf. Enjoy!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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'Simon the Coldheart' is one of Georgette Heyer's earliest works and one that she wrote before she really hit her stride with books set in the Regency period. This story is set much earlier in the 15th Century and follows hero Simon Beauvallet, a nobody who works his way up from poverty to a knighthood and becoming a friend of the future King Henry V. Because of the date of the story the language feels rather more Shakespearean than Heyer's Regencies and the old-fashioned language might not appeal to all readers, although I personally liked it.
This isn't a mediaeval romance, it's rather more a mixture of different elements that make up an enjoyable, if perhaps less accomplished, story. We follow Simon as he works his way up in the world, as he fights battles and as he eventually finds himself up against a very worthy opponent, Lady Margaret of Belrémy.
There are some good scenes amongst some less effective ones and some aspects of the writing don't entirely ring true. Simon's a quiet and self-possessed man who some people think is cold of heart (thus his name) and yet he is clearly someone who knows his mind and has worthwhile things to say, when he says them. The story is interesting as it shows the clash of two cultures after the Battle of Agincourt and gives detail of life in Mediaeval times but it's so different from her later Regencies and shows at times that she was a young author trying to find her voice that it may not appeal to all readers.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2008
This isn't a mediaeval romance, it's rather more a mixture of different elements that make up an enjoyable, if perhaps less accomplished, story. We follow Simon as he works his way up in the world, as he fights battles and as he eventually finds himself up against a very worthy opponent, Lady Margaret of Belrémy.
There are some good scenes amongst some less effective ones and some aspects of the writing don't entirely ring true. Simon's a quiet and self-possessed man who some people think is cold of heart (thus his name) and yet he is clearly someone who knows his mind and has worthwhile things to say, when he says them. The story is interesting as it shows the clash of two cultures after the Battle of Agincourt and gives detail of life in Mediaeval times but it's so different from her later Regencies and shows at times that she was a young author trying to find her voice that it may not appeal to all readers.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2008
Format:Paperback
My wife discovered the pleasures of Georgette Heyer's historical novels last year. As a result we have been searching out all of them for her to read. Simon the coldheart completes the collection. Thanks Amazon.
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Set in a different time period from most of Georgette Heyer's romances, this is nevertheless a good read and an exciting story. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Deise Daisy
All thy's and thee's!
This book did not grab my attention, in fact in the i ended up putting it down without reading all of it.
The problem? one thing is that is was hard book to read. Read more
The problem? one thing is that is was hard book to read. Read more
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