Walden Stubbs Walden Stubbs Walden Stubbs is a small, rural village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Womersley. Situated close to the border with South Yorkshire, and north of Doncaster. It lies close to the River Went, which starts at Featherstone. The Askern Branch Line runs through this village, which has two level crossings. This rail line now carries freight to and from the three power stations of Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax and passenger trains from London Kings Cross
Hugo Drax the Drax of the novel, he is implied to be French (as he was portrayed by French actor Michael Lonsdale), although this is never explicitly mentioned. Though Drax lives in California, he resides in a fully imported French château for which "every stone [was] brought from France" – Drax also supposedly owns the Eiffel Tower, but wasn't allowed to export it from France in a similar manner because the French government wouldn't issue him an export permit for it. Drax portrays himself as an accomplished pianist, as evidenced by his recital of Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude in D-flat major (op. 28)