Biography of Margaret L. Woods

Margaret Louisa Woods (née Bradley; 20 November 1855 – 1 December 1945) was an English writer, known for novels and poetry. She was born in Rugby, the daughter of the scholar George Granville Bradley and sister of fellow writer Mabel Birchenough. In 1879 she married Henry George Woods, who became President of Trinity College, Oxford, and Master of the Temple. Margaret died at her home, Vine Cottage, in Thursley, Surrey. Her ashes are interred with her husband, at Holywell Cemetery, Oxford.

Works

Novels

A Village Tragedy (1889)

Esther Vanhomrigh (1891)

Sons of the Sword (1901)

The King's Revoke (1905)

The Invader (1907)

A Poet's Youth

Verse collections

Lyrics and Ballads (1889)

Aeromancy (1896)

Songs (1896)

Poems Old and New (1907)

Collected Poems (1913)

The Return and Other Poems (1921)

Juvenile fiction

Come Unto These Yellow Sands (1915), illustrated by J. Hancock.

References

External links

"Archival material relating to Margaret Louisa Woods". UK National Archives.

Works by Margaret Louisa Woods at Project Gutenberg

Works by or about Margaret Louisa Woods at Internet Archive

Works by Margaret Louisa Woods at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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