Great Scot! French researchers stumble upon Queen Mary s lost letters theuknews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theuknews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>57 coded letters held by the French national library were mistakenly identified as Italian. A team of codebreakers found they were the prison correspondence of the ill-fated cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. </p>
Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.
Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.
Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote the coded letters while she was imprisoned in England due to the perceived threat she posed to her cousin Queen Elizabeth I.