Simon the Coldheart (Library Binding)

by Georgette Heyer (Author)

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Library Binding: 319 pages
Publisher: Buccaneer Books (December 1976)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0899661181
ISBN-13: 978-0899661186
Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.8 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 590 g

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Simon Beauvallet has always known his own mind, and friend and foe alike know never 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 in generalship – until his legendary prowess is balked by a woman. In Normandy, the icy rage of Simon the Coldheart must melt – or quench Lady Margaret, spitfire of Belrémy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"With a Georgette Heyer you don’t buy a book, you buy a world. If it suits you, you settle down forever." – Time Magazine

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1.0 out of 5 stars Did Heyer want this book published?, Mar 21 2002

By	C. J. Wyckoff "cjwriterandreader" (Issaquah, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Georgette Heyer wrote so many wonderful books that I recommend you skip this one, unless you are trying to read the whole oeuvre or are a serious scholar of the progress of her writing style. It is set in medieval times (as is her unfinished and rarely read history, Lord John) and her gift for dialog and characterization seems to be lost beneath the weight of the armor. If I remember right, according to her biography, The Private World of Georgette Heyer, this book was an early effort which she did not wish to be published. Instead, go on to one of her other novels. For mysteries, I recommend Blunt Instrument or Who Killed the Butler; for romances, any of the historical ones. And if you are new to Miss Heyer's work, you have many blissful hours ahead of you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and interesting, Jul 1 2001

By	K.C. Hall (Beaverton, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a fun read because you really get into the characters and find yourself anxious to see the outcome. What also made this book even more enjoyable was to follow reading it with reading "Beauvallet" which, set in the 16th century, revisits the family that Simon the Coldheart starts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my two all-time favorite books!, Feb 27 1999

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(My other favorite is Charlotte's Web, by E.B.White, which is of course totally different from Simon the Coldheart!) Most of Georgette Heyer's books are set in Regency England, and she herself did not consider "Simon" to be one of her best efforts, asking that it not be re-printed. I am glad her kids got together and decided to re-print "Simon" because it is a totally unique blend of medieval life, adventure, romance, and character studies. Simon himself is a larger-than-life hero who walks straight through the front door and into the reader's memory for a lifetime! As my 10-year-old daughter observed when she read it, "Mom, I love this book! That Simon's a man and a half!"

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5.0 out of 5 stars History come alive
Georgette Heyer has turned out a book that shows great insight into the medieval lifestyle. The characters come alive and are completely credible. Read more

Published on Oct 7 1998