How Long to Read Draxfort

How Long Does it Take to Read Draxfort?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Draxfort by Colin O'Donoghue

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A tale of many tales, lampooning fairytales, the fantasy genre, brands and status, an allegory like Alice and Oz, Draxfort is both a castle and a dynasty, rotten to the core. It''s the early fifteenth century, plague ravages Europe and the orphaned Wixy quintuplet sisters, flee Florence''s witch hunters, escaping to Draxenland, an island in the North Sea. Rebicus Hargmond, son of an alchemist, along with blacksmith and inventor Jack Rojax and Kaitlyn de Belvort, daughter of Sir Justin, face a devious, scheming court, drowning in debt and vying for power. Princess Sharon, heir to the throne, resists an arranged marriage as Draxfort descends into financial crisis, duels, battles and sieges, in a fight for the crown. First visit Draxfort.com and read ''The World of Alfie Watts,'' where romance begins in the London Library with a copy of Draxfort, returned by Queen Victoria. See what''s left of Alfie''s world today and learn how lucky we are not to live at a time when the Brothers Grimm rewrote fairytales. Study the much copied works of little-known Draxfort painter, Angelo d''Antangelo, the godfather of the Renaissance, then click around the Draxenland map (not on mobile, you need a mouse) to discover clues to the secret diary and Draxenland locations modelled in Minecraft. Creating Draxfort. Back in the 90s, I was at Elstree Film Studios, designing character clocks and watches from Barbie and My Little Pony to Masters of the Universe and Transformers, all great licences. Attending Disney licensee previews at the Empire Leicester Square and working for royalties, both Hunchback and Pocahontas were a cause for concern, the end of the Disney Renaissance had arrived. However when Rex the dinosaur said, "Well, actually I''m from a smaller company that was purchased by Mattel in a leveraged buyout," Toy Story added a fun reality to revolutionary art. The need for a proper fairytale with novel characters was in the air, but what could they be? All creativity is inspired. Hearing my kids'' Bozo ring-pull clown come to life in Larry Harmon''s NY apartment was spooky, then going round Filmation with Lou Scheimer and creating She-Ra clocks, a girl hero team seemed obvious. So when Rick Ungar told me he only thought up Biker Mice, I decided to have a go too. Noticing a Frankfurt bookshop display of paper maché witches, the idea of Wixys on victorian jet-brooms came to me. I intended to quickly pitch the concept with a short satirical nursery rhyme about a castle called Dragon Court, (like AA Milnes, The Kings Breakfast) however the ideas kept coming. Ten thousand words of verse later, I had a story, sketches and treatment, Hasbro took a look and said come back with a TV series. Valery Hoskins, the British TV literary agent, who later sold Fifty Shades to Universal, read it and suggested her Warner''s contacts. They''d just started Quest for Camelot, their first animated fairytale and Jeffrey Katzenberg replied he was busy building a studio. Shrek became his fairytale and Disney turned Princesses into a brand, later using my Panuflex Patent cardboard displays for Tangled, as Warners did for Batman. Then Amazon and Youtube changed everything. So six years ago I began a novel, expanding the idea, uniquely rebranding it Draxfort. Having designed Lego''s clocks and watches, I was aware of the silk road, now the Wixys'' backstory, and designing sets and stunts, I modelled the entire island of Draxenland in Minecraft for Youtube videos and Minecraft server publicity. However Draxfort''s no Minecraft story, nor another fighting, fornicating, puerile quest with daft beasts and elfish maidens. What''s more there''s no consulting a mirror-mirror, or stepping through one come to that, because reflecting reality like Toy Story, this is the saga of the very first merchandising brand, the House of Draxfort, and you''re already in it, maybe right up to your credit limit and soon your Draxfort t-shirt''s neck. Nemini Confide. COD

How long is Draxfort?

Draxfort by Colin O'Donoghue is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Draxfort Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read Draxfort aloud.

What Reading Level is Draxfort?

Draxfort is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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