author
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
b. 1874
Raised in a literary Boston household, this poet and travel writer brought history, architecture, and place vividly to life. Her best-known books explore Spain and the great French cathedrals with curiosity, warmth, and a strong sense of story.
2 Audiobooks
Heroic Spain
by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
About the author
Born in Boston on July 25, 1874, she was the daughter of writer and editor John Boyle O'Reilly and Mary Murphy O'Reilly. She published poetry as well as nonfiction, including My Candles and Other Poems in 1903.
Her books show a lasting interest in European history, art, and travel. Among the works linked to her name in major library and public-domain catalogs are Heroic Spain and How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, published in 1921.
Reliable information about her life is fairly limited in the sources I found, but the record that does emerge is of a Boston-born author who moved comfortably between poetry, travel writing, and cultural history.