Newes from the Dead
Subtitle: being a true story of Anne Green : hanged for infanticide at Oxford Assizes in 1650, restored to the world and died again 1665
By: Mary Hooper
Publisher: Definitions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781862303638
Subjects: Fiction; Illegitimacy; History; Judicial error; Hanging
Description: It is 1650 and a baby lies dead before it even drew breath. A young servant girl, terrified and alone, is accused of its murder and sent to the gallows. Protesting her innocence, Anne Green is hanged. Moments later her lifeless body is lifted down from the scaffold and carried to the College of Physicians for brutal dissection. But as Anne's corpse lies on the table and the doctors assemble, a strange rattle is heard in her throat. Could she still be alive?
Notes: Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.