Nancy Bilyeau thrills in The Heiress of Northanger Abbey Ep. 37 of My Bookcase Slays

In homage to gothic fiction and Jane Austen’s Regency era, Nancy Bilyeau wrote a sequel to Northanger Abbey. Her new book celebrates every spooky, sinister Gothic trope, includes heaps of nerdy Easter eggs for history buffs, and gives readers a plucky older heroine to root for. The Heiress of Northanger Abby has a similar origin story to Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, it was written as part of a challenge! During our conversation, Nancy expands readers’ appreciation for the Regency Era’s “faded glory” by revealing a less glamorous view of things, including some gory medical details, Dartmoor’s grim prison, and what’s REALLY scary beneath the surface in this thrilling gothic novel. (I think Jane would approve!)

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