Mary, Queen of Scots Wrote Secret Letters in Captivity. A Trio of Codebreakers Deciphered Them.

Letters sent by Mary, Queen of Scots in the 16th century while she was held in English captivity were recently unearthed at the National Library of France. Mary wrote the 57 letters between 1578 and 1584 to Michel de Castelnau Mauvissière, the French ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I’s court; the correspondence was long thought to be lost to history.”It’s a stunning piece of research, and these discoveries will be a literary and historical sensation,” Dr. John Guy, author of , said. “They mark the most important new find on Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, for 100 years.” A cryptography team… Read Full Article