A body of a young girl, found guilty of murder and hung for her crime, is laid out on the dissection table. The students are ready, the doctors are prepared when a young student, Robert, notices that her eyes are moving. Anne is alive and it is her amazing story that is told here. This is an engrossing tale beginning with Anne Green waking up; being enveloped in darkness and unable to move. You are eager to read on and discover why she was hanged and whether she will be discovered before the dissection happens. This novel is well researched but the research does not intrude into the story telling. All the characters are believable and you could imagine any of them having a real life behind the book. The scene in which Anne has her child is genuinely distressing and Mary Hooper shows how harsh life was.
"It is very dark when I wake. This isn't frightening in itself, because most of the year I rise in darkness, Sir Thomas insisiting that as much as possible of the house be put in order before any of the family are about. It is the quality of the darkness that is strange; blacker than black, soft and close about me.
Read more;
+ http://www.maryhooper.co.uk
+ http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/author-interview-mary-hooper-on-newes.html
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