After reading about Mary, Queen of Scots’ encrypted letters, read about the monarch’s tragic life and death. Then, read about Elizabeth Friedman, the mother of cryptology.

A trio of codebreakers has found and deciphered a treasure trove of lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots. The letters, written in an elaborate cipher, reveal more about Mary Stuart’s ...

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.

In 1587, after enduring 19 years of imprisonment for allegedly helping hatch a plan to murder her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded. She was only 44 .

A study by CEWE has revealed the UK's best walks, including one with a castle that once hosted Mary Queen of Scots.

Mary became the queen of Scotland when she was just 6 days old, in 1542, but was imprisoned and forced to give up her throne in 1567. She escaped to England, ...

Did Mary, Queen of Scots murder her husband? The Mail's Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams examine mysterious 1567 killing of Lord Darnley in new podcast series ...

When RKO set about the task of transmuting this Maxwell Anderson-Theatre Guild play to the screen, it had two possibilities. Could have softened the story and played up the business of a woman who ...

A trio of codebreakers has found and deciphered a treasure trove of lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots. The letters, written in an elaborate cipher, reveal more about Mary Stuart’s ...