Simon The Coldheart

Sep 13, 2025 3:13 AM

Author:Georgette Heyer

Simon The Coldheart

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser

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'If you haven't read Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans

'Brims with elegance, wit and historical accuracy' Daily Mail

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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.

However, his close circle of friends know him by another name: Simon the Coldheart.

He seems to be a man incapable of love - until in Normandy he meets Lady Margaret, the so-called spitfire of Belremy.

Can she melt Simon's icy demeanour and quench his fiery rage?

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Readers love Simon the Coldheart ...

***** 'A masterpiece of genre.'

***** 'I really love this book.'

***** 'Georgette Heyer always writes a great tale, well researched and always enjoyable.'

***** 'For all my friends that like high adventure, chivalry, history, romance, and good writing, you have found what you are looking for.'

***** 'Thecharacters are living and breathing, and each of them stands out.'

Reviews

A completely gripping, read-at-once novel

—— Erica Wagner , The Times

Hold on tight and enjoy the ride... Tremendous stuff

—— Independent

One of the most potent and unusual works of literary fiction I've read in years... Mercurio's Yefgenii is as real as anyone you've ever cared about. And care you will

—— Michael Faber , Guardian

A seat-of-the-pants ride through the life of top Soviet fighter ace with his sights set on the Moon, from an author whose sights are set just as high

—— Esquire

A Russian version of The Right Stuff... Riveting

—— Daily Telegraph

In moments of intense action, we're with this protagonist every inch of the way, through every thought, dive, ache, smell, itch, tast and gastric movement... vertiginously thrilling

—— Observer

Ascent is a page turning story of a man's ambition to be the very best. Based on real events and using real people, it places this fictitious character in a period when space itself was there for the taking. Beautifully written, it's a book that deserves to be read

—— Angela Cooke , Daily Express

A cross between adventure story and literary fiction, this is an unusual novel

—— Financial Times

Streaks by at full throttle... truly exciting

—— Sunday Telegraph

Speaks volumes about heroism and the human condition... A taut, page-turning narrative

—— The Times

Ingenious

—— Time Out

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