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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 / Mary Hooper.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Definitions 2009Description: 307 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781862303638 (pbk.) :
  • 1862303630
  • 9781862303638
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.91
Contents:
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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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F HOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R10258P0499

Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2008. Includes bibliographical references.

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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