A review by beth_zovko
Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper

4.0

This was a fictionalized account of a true happening in English history. In 1650, Anne Green was hanged for murder. Her body was given to a college for disection, where it was discovered that she was still alive. The book's chapters alternate between Anne - who thinks she's in Purgatory- relating the circumstances that led to her hanging, and Robert - the medical student who first notices Anne is still alive - giving an account of the measures doctors took to revive her. A fast read, well written, the book also includes the original phamphlets of the case.