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    Rowena & Harold: A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst
    Rowena & Harold: A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst
    Rowena & Harold: A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst
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    Rowena & Harold: A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst

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    Release dateSep 16, 2022
    ISBN8596547336754
    Rowena & Harold: A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst

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      Rowena & Harold - William Stephen Pryer

      William Stephen Pryer

      Rowena & Harold

      A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst

      EAN 8596547336754

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      Cover art—Old Ragnor's Crypt.

      Wm. Stephen Pryer

      DEO LAUS.

      A Romance in Rhyme Of an Olden Time, Of Hastyngs and Normanhurst.

      by

      WM. STEPHEN PRYER,

      INDEX.

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Old Ragnor's Crypt......... Cover Art

      Wm. Stephen Pryer......... Frontispiece

      The Castle, Hastyngs.

      St. Hilda's Keep.

      THE CASTLE, HASTYNGS.

      Old Ragnor's Cliffs.

      Sir Guy de Warre.

      Sir Harold Wynn.

      Sir Harold Spurned.

      The Deserted Eyrie.

      Sir Harold Sails.

      Rowena's Lonely Vigil.

      Rowena's Song.

      Sir Harold at Acre.

      The Saracen Maid's Secret.

      The Secret Assassin.

      The Light in the Turret Tower.

      Death at Ragnor's Tower.

      Rowena's Grief.

      Rowena's Lament.

      The Holy Friar's Consolation.

      Rowena Enters a Convent.

      St. Hilda's Keep.

      Nigh Unto Death.

      The Demon Wrecker.

      Old Ragnor's Dungeons Grim.

      Eric Entombed.

      The Rift in Hell Gate.

      The Crucified One.

      Eric Faithful Unto Death.

      Eric to be Crucified.

      To Die or Live?

      Eric Escapes.

      The Smuggler's Den.

      Rowena's Fiery Furnace.

      The Dungeon's Angel.

      Rediviva.

      Convalescent.

      Rowena's Te Deum.

      The Lights of Home.

      The Lamp of Death.

      The Wreck of the Holy Cross.

      Grief at Wynnwood Hall.

      Saved.

      Two Lives in One.

      The Lost Missive.

      Another Dungeon Tenant.

      Nemesis.

      The Demon Exorcised.

      Father and Child.

      Reconciliation.

      A Royal Visitor.

      The Royal Pardon.

      The Deserted Brides.

      Heart Chords.

      Home, Sweet Home!

      Cover art—Old Ragnor's Crypt.

      Table of Contents

      Wm. Stephen Pryer

      Table of Contents

      DEDICATION.

      Table of Contents

      DEO LAUS.

      Table of Contents

      In grateful remembrance of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria's unprecedentedly long, illustrious, and beneficent reign of sixty years (1837-97), and of fifty years of service (1847-97) in the cause of National Education by Her Majesty's most loyal and devoted servant,

      THE AUTHOR.

      ROWENA & HAROLD:

      Table of Contents

      A Romance in Rhyme

      Of an Olden Time,

      Of Hastyngs and Normanhurst.

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