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Boyd O’Reilly is the lawyer Isabella Olivares hires to help her navigate her husband’s inheritance process. As an Irish Catholic from Boston who has recently moved to New Mexico, O’Reilly is one of the only American-born characters in the novel. With Latour and Vaillant’s help, O’Reilly is able to win his case, ensuring that Isabella and Inez remain wealthy and provided for.
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Boyd O’Reilly Character Timeline in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The timeline below shows where the character Boyd O’Reilly appears in Death Comes for the Archbishop. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 6: The Lady
After the funeral, Latour and Vaillant go to meet Olivares’s lawyer, Boyd O’Reilly. O’Reilly is a young Irish Catholic from Boston who has just come west to practice...
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O’Reilly also informs the priests about the grounds on which Olivares’s brothers are contesting the will....
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O’Reilly wins his case, and Vaillant feels gratified, though Latour cannot help but regret being “cruel”...
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