The deposed Scottish queen wrote the four-page missive to her brother-in-law just a few hours before her execution in 1587 ...
Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...
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Mary Queen of Scots’ final letter written hours before her execution to go on display - The fragile document rarely leaves ...
An international team of code-breakers has successfully cracked the cipher of over 50 mysterious letters unearthed in French archives. The team discovered that the letters had been written by Mary, ...
The letter was written in the cell where Mary had been imprisoned for 19 years, just hours before she was executed.