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The Baron of Drum
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Drum Illustrated Comic

The Barons of Drum

Seven centuries in eleven panels, from the Bruce’s armour-bearer to a barony kept in the family. The history, and the legends the family tells.

Comic panel: On the eve of Harlaw, Sir Alexander de Irwyne gives his last commands beside a standing stone, Drum one way and the Highland camp the other
  1. Comic panel: William de Irwyn, armour-bearer, follows King Robert the Bruce through the royal camp carrying the king’s helm and shieldChapter IThe Bruce’s Armour-Bearer1323 to 1324
  2. Comic panel: Sir Alexander de Irwyne of Drum and Red Hector Maclean of Duart fight hand to hand at Harlaw, 1411Chapter IIHarlaw1411
  3. Comic panel: The lady of Drum holds the tower against the Covenanters as they bring up a mortar, June 1640Chapter IIIThe Earldom and the Siege1640 to the 1660s
  4. Comic panel: A young woman with a lantern holds clumsy redcoats in talk while the Jacobite laird of Drum slips out of the back door, 1746Chapter IVThe Heir of Entail1722 to 1746
  5. Comic panel: A walled plot with a carved stone bearing the holly of Drum, the tower beyond in the morning mistChapter VThe Undoubted Barons of Drum1975 to today
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