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Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer

Simon the Coldheart

Georgette Heyer

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021

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Who it’s for
A medieval romance pairs a formidable knight’s hard-won rise with the complication of love.
Themes
Medieval warfare, Self-made rise in status, Love across enemy lines
Genres
Medieval Romance

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About this book

When we meet Simon of Beauvallet he is a 14 year old boy, the year is 1400, and the 100 year war is raging. Simon is the bastard son of Geoffrey of Malvallet and as such must make his own way in the world without the status and advantage his father’s station might have conferred. By sheer strength of will Simon manages to join a rival house’s army and through courage and strength rises up the ranks until he knighted by the King himself for his bravery.

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Through his travels and adventures he meets and becomes fast friends with his half brother, gains lands, but never finds love. Indeed his seeming disinterest in the many women of England who would be his lady gains him the moniker “Simon the Heartless.” But that changes when he lays siege to and takes the French castle in Belremy. There he falls in love with the lady Margaret. But Margaret hates the English invader and Simon, it would seem, has met his match.

Steel Meets Feeling

A medieval romance pairs a formidable knight’s hard-won rise with the complication of love.

Come here for

  • A hero shaped by courage, ambition, and life outside his father’s favor
  • Romance complicated by the clash between English invader and French lady

Expect

  • A historical setting of war, rank, and hard-won advancement
  • A cool-hearted reputation tested by an unexpected match

Where it sits

Medieval Romance93%

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Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Arthurian Tales
  • British & Irish Poetry
Authors
Georgette Heyer
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 23, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Medieval warfare · Self-made rise in status · Love across enemy lines
Reading lane
Action & Adventure