For Mary Stuart, it was the unification of the English and Scottish thrones under Queen Elizabeth’s single banner, a political entity that became known as Britain.

Biology Mary, Queen of Scots' Secret Letters Found and Decrypted Most of the correspondence was with the French ambassador – and primarily about conspiracies, mystery and captivity. Monisha ...

Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.

Mary, Queen of Scots was gruesomely beheaded by order of England's Queen Elizabeth I on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. Mary was convicted of plotting to overthrow Elizabeth.

Human History Researchers Decrypt Coded Letters Written by Mary, Queen of Scots The 445-year-old missives offer new details about Mary’s experience as a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I.

The death of Mary, Queen of Scots, whose body was thus unceremoniously hurried into the earth, has been too often and too fully recounted to need recapitulation here.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was known for her wealth of correspondence. Now, researchers have uncovered some of her lost coded letters.

The messages, written while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were mistakenly listed as Italian texts in France’s national library.

Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing the ill-fated monarch’s meditations on a wide variety of subjects. A team of international code ...

Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing the ill-fated monarch’s meditations on a wide variety of subjects. A team of international code ...

There have been some scandalous monarchs in history, rulers whose volatile lives might as well be written in blood inside the history books. Yet none of them come close to Mary, Queen of Scots ...