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The Bride of Northanger Blog Tour: Spotlight

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Unlike Jane Austen's most popular work, there are only a handful of published Northanger Abbey with its setting solely in the Regency period. You may recognised a few of these titles as they are written by some of the most renowned authors in this genre. There is Amandra Grange's Henry Tilney's Diary, a retelling from the hero's point of view and the murder mystery sequel called There Must Be Murder penned by Margaret C. Sullivan who is the editrix of AustenBlog. You can now add the recently published The Bride of Northanger to the list. Check out the book details and visit all the tour stops listed below.
Spotlight
Title: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation
Author: Diana Birchall
Tour Dates: 28 October - 15 November 2019
Genre: Austenesque, Historical Fiction, Gothic Mystery
Publisher: White Soup Press (17 September 2019)
Length: 230 pages
Trade paperback ISBN: 9780981654300
e-book ASIN: B07Y2HGSMX


Book Blurb
A happier heroine than Catherine Morland does not exist in England, for she is about to marry her beloved, the handsome, witty Henry Tilney. The night before the wedding, Henry reluctantly tells Catherine and her horrified parents a secret he has dreaded to share — that there is a terrible curse on his family and their home, Northanger Abbey. Henry is a clergyman, educated and rational, and after her year's engagement Catherine is no longer the silly young girl who delighted in reading "horrid novels"; she has improved in both reading and rationality. This sensible young couple cannot believe curses are real... until a murder at the Abbey triggers events as horrid and Gothic as Jane Austen ever parodied — events that shake the young Tilneys' certainties, but never their love for each other...


Early Praise
"Diana Birchall once again proves herself the worthiest of Austenesque fiction writers, with keen powers of observation, discernment, judgment, fire, genius, and wit on every page."
Devoney Looser, author of The Making of Jane Austen
"No one captures Jane Austen's vibrant style, sense of humour, intelligence and voice better than Diana Birchall. I flew through this charming novel, which makes a delightfully spooky and most welcome sequel to Northanger Abbey."
Syrie James, author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
"One of the most enjoyable returns to Austen to be found. Not to be missed."
Susan Franzblau, author and film director


Book Links
Amazon  |  Kindle


Author Bio
Diana Birchall worked for many years at Warner Bros studios as a story analyst, reading novels to see if they would make movies. Reading manuscripts went side by side with a restorative and sanity-preserving life in Jane Austen studies and resulted in her writing Austenesque fiction both as homage and attempted investigation of the secrets of Jane Austen's style. She is the author of In Defense of Mrs. Elton, Mrs. Elton in America, Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma and the new The Bride of Northanger. She has written hundreds of Austenesque short stories and plays, as well as a biography of her novelist grandmother, and has lectured on her books and staged play readings at places as diverse as Hollywood, Brooklyn, Montreal, Chawton House Library, Alaska and Yale.


Author Links
Blog  |  Blog  |  Facebook  |  Twitter


Blog Tour Schedule
The Doyenne of Austenesque fiction, Diana Birchall, tours the blogosphere 28 October through 15 November to share her latest release, The Bride of Northanger. Thirty popular bloggers specialising in historical and Austenesque fiction will feature guest blogs, interviews, excerpts and book reviews of this acclaimed continuation of Jane Austen's Gothic parody, Northanger Abbey.
October

28th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall: Blog Tour Launch @ My Jane Austen Book Club
28th: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation, by Diana Birchall — A Review @ Austenprose — A Jane Austen Blog
28th: Happy Release: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall @ vvb32 reads
29th: The Bride of Northanger – and Netley Abbey @ A Covent Garden Gilflurt's Guide to Life
29th: The Bride of Northanger- Excerpt @ From Pemberley to Milton
30th: Q&A: Diana Birchall and 'The Bride of Northanger' @ Drunk Austen
30th: Exclusive Excerpt: 'The Bride of Northanger' by Diana Birchall @ The Silver Petticoat Review
31st: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation by Diana Birchall – A Review @ Jane Austen's World
31st: Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall (THE BRIDE OF NORTHANGER: A JANE AUSTEN VARIATION BLOG TOUR) @ Laura's Reviews

November

1st: The Bride of Northanger Blog Tour! ~ Interview with Diana Birchall @ So little time...
4th: Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun—A Brilliant, Adventurous French Portraitist During Jane Austen's Era @ English Historical Fiction Authors
4th: Blog Tour: The Bride of Northanger @ Confessions of a Book Addict
5th: The Bride of Northanger...Diana Birchall @ More Agreeably Engaged
5th: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation @ Vesper's Place
6th: Blog Tour for "The Bride of Northanger" ~ Interview with Diana Birchall @ Jane Austen in Vermont
6th: Interview with Diana Birchall, author of The Bride of Northanger @ Diary of an Eccentric
7th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall @ All Things Jane Austen
7th: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation by Diana Birchall @ A Bookish Way of Life
7th: Blog Tour Excerpt: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall @ Let Them Read Books
8th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall - Blog Tour - Review @ Babblings of a Bookworm
8th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall @ vvb32 reads
11th: Book Review: Diana Birchall, The Bride of Northanger @ My Jane Austen Book Club
11th: Six new and upcoming Austenesque reads for Janeites and historical fiction fans @ Reading the Past
12th: A Delightful Interview with Diana Birchall, Author of The Bride of Northanger @ Jane Austen's World
12th: Blog Tour Excerpt: The Bride of Northanger @ The Calico Critic
13th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall | Blog Tour @ the book rat
13th: The Bride of Northanger – Diana Birchall @ Austenesque Reviews
14th: A Curse Has Come Upon You or a Clever Gothic Northanger Abbey Sequel @ Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust
14th: The Bride of Northanger: An Austen Variation @ The Fiction Addiction
15th: The Bride of Northanger Blog Tour: Spotlight @ My Love for Jane Austen
15th: The Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall @ Scuffed Slippers and Wormy Books
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