Mary, Queen of Scots was the daughter of James V & Mary of Guise. During the Rough Wooing when Henry VIII of England invaded Scotland & tried to use force to get James to marry of the young Mary to him, she was sent to France for her own safety. There she married the young French Prince, who later became King of Frace but died at a tragically young age.
Given that most of her early years were spent in France she spoke French fluently & probably did speak with a French accent, but she was Scots through & through. So your girlfriend is a little incorrect. I wouldn't want to see Elizabeth I - the Golden Age anyway.
For a start she wasn't Elizabeth I of Scotland, the current monarch bearing the name Elizabeth is. More.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.