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by Georgette Heyer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099490943
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099490944
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 160,115 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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Even as a fourteen-year-old orphan, Simon Beauvallet knows his own mind. Later, friend and foe alike will know better than to cross the flaxen-haired mountain of a man whose exploits in battle have earned him knighthood, lands and gilded armour. After Agincourt, he has no equal save the king himself in generalship - until his legendary prowess is baulked by a woman. In Normandy, the icy rage of "Simon the Coldheart" must melt - or quench Lady Margaret, spitfire of Belremy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars loved every bit of it- and read it to the end...!!, 13 Mar 2007
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!
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars All thy's and thee's!, 28 Sep 2006
By T. Stanton "coolgirls" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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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. the language, thy and thee, is hard to read for 303 pages. (not that i got to the end!)

2nd the story wasnt that interesting, Simon Beauvellet an orphan, who becomes a knight.
Lady Margaret, a stormy women. a warrior.
They go to war with each other, In Normandy.
Again i didnt find this very interesting.

I've read Georgette Heyer's books before and in general like them, and enjoy reading them.
But compared to some of her other books, such as these Old Shades etc, Simon the Coldheart was a sad let down.

I wouldnt recommend this book to anyone.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mediaeval tale of chivalry and adventure, 22 Nov 2008
By Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
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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
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