A poignant letter penned by Mary, Queen of Scots just hours before her 1587 execution is set for public display for the first time in nearly a decade. The fragile document, held by the National ...

"The scene of this picture is laid in the abbey of fotheringhay, the last of the numerous doleful prisons in which this lovely but unfortunate queen was immured, and the prison in which she ended her ...

With his lament, Burns cemented Mary’s status as a tragic figure ripe for romantic literary representation. Burns’ work ...

A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution is to go on display for the first time in nearly a decade. Mary penned what is believed to be her last letter at 2am on ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. By Susanne Fowler The messages, written while she was imprisoned ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - At 2 a.m. on a frigid February morning in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots sat at her table and penned a last letter before her execution in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle ...

Mary was sentenced to death after being found guilty of plotting the assassination of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. As Mary prepared for her execution, she made sure her attire would send one last ...

Jade Scott previously received funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council UK (AHRC). Mary, Queen of Scots spent almost 20 years in captivity. She was held in various locations across Britain ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Church of England has bought the warrant which authorized the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, saving the historical document for the nation. Mary, a Catholic who claimed ...

A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution will go on display for the first time in nearly a decade. The former Queen penned what is believed to be her last letter at 2am ...