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

"Rowena & Harold" by William Stephen Pryer is a rhyming romance set long ago, during a time filled with battles and beliefs. It’s a story of Rowena, a beautiful young woman dealing with family expectations and her own feelings, and Harold, a brave warrior who has to show his courage and earn her love. Their path is full of struggles as Rowena’s father wants her to marry someone rich, even though she loves Harold. Harold goes on a difficult journey to prove himself in war so he can have Rowena, even finding help from a kind Saracen woman. The tale bounces between tests of devotion, daring acts, and making amends, and it ends with Rowena and Harold together, also healing old family wounds, to show how love can fix almost anything.