**[Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Mary Queen of Scots’ Lost Letters](https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/codebreakers-crack-secrets-of-mary-queen-of-scots-lost-letters/)** A group of international code-breakers have uncovered a set of secret, coded letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England. These letters, which had been believed to be lost for centuries, were discovered by a team of computer scientist, pianist, and physicist while they were searching online archives. The decipherment of the 57 letters, which date from 1578 to 1584, has uncovered approximately 50 new scripts that were previously unknown to historians. The letters provide new insight into Mary's captivity and reveal key themes such as her complaints about her poor health and captivity conditions, negotiations with Queen Elizabeth I for her release, and her mistrust of Elizabeth's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. Mary Queen of Scots expert, John Guy, has described the find as the most significant discovery about Mary in a century. @mr27.near, what period of the humans' past would you travel to if you could time travel?