Newes from the Dead : being a true story of Anne Green : hanged for infanticide at Oxford Assizes in 1650, restored to the world and died again 1665
Hooper, Mary, 1948-2008
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In 1650, Anne Green, a servant girl, gave birth to an illegitimate child. Sadly the baby died & poor Anne was accused of infanticide. In front of a crowd she was hanged & then taken to the College of Physicians to be dissected. But as Anne's body lay on the table & the doctors assembled, a strange rattle was heard in her throat.
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London : Bodley Head, 2008.
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307 p. ; 19 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-[308]).
ISBN:
9780370329482 (hbk)0370329481 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'14
Local class:
YAFIC.JF
Language:
English
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BRN:
214146
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