In August 1691, William offers all Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite Uprising, as long as they took an oath of allegiance before 1 January 1692 in front of a magistrate.

Roberson has admitted that while she desired to be as historically accurate as possible, she "occasionally relied on personal suppositions and interpretations, and, where necessary, significantly compressed the time frame and chronology of events to improve the story's pacing.

"[3] According to her, all of the main characters are based on real people; a MacDonald did in fact marry a Campbell of Glen Lyon, though Roberson changed her name from Sarah to Catriona and made her the laird Glenlyon's daughter, not his niece.

Of all her period dramas, Roberson thought Lady of the Glen was best suited for film adaptation, and stated that she would love for Sean Connery to play the MacDonald laird.

[4] Publishers Weekly gave Lady of the Glen a mixed review, criticizing it for "offer[ing] only a smidgen of suspense" due to its many flash-forwards.

[9] Another reviewer described Lady of the Glen as being "a pleasure,"[2] and Kensington Publishing deemed the novel "similar in theme to the recent films Rob Roy and Braveheart.