As a child Mary loved writing in code. As a captive queen, it became essential to her survival. Since childhood, Mary Stuart had enjoyed writing in cipher. Later in life, as Queen of Scots and a ...

Secret letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have been decoded. Experts said the codebreakers’ work is the most significant ...

Mary, Queen of Scots spent almost 20 years in captivity. She was held in various locations across Britain from 1568 until her execution on February 8, 1587. As I explain in my new book, Captive Queen: ...

See how secret letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, were finally decoded. In early 2023, three amateur codebreakers announced they had successfully decoded the secret correspondence of one of the ...