Lady of the Glen Another reviewer described "Lady of the Glen" as being "a pleasure," and Kensington Publishing deemed the novel "similar in theme to the recent films "Rob Roy" and "Braveheart"." "Lady of the Glen" was listed among author Willa Blair's favorite historical fiction novels set in Scotland. Lady of the Glen Lady of the Glen: A Novel of 17th-Century Scotland and the Massacre of Glencoe is a 1996 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson. It is a re-telling of the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe, and focuses on the romance between Catriona of Clan Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald of Clan
Raid on York (1692) Raid on York (1692) The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, now in the state of Maine), killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings, taking another estimated 80 villagers hostage. The villagers were forced to walk to Canada, New France, where they were ransomed by Capt. John Alden Jr. of Boston (son of John