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Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at Oxford before serving in the British Army during World War II.
Richard Adams (born May 9, 1920, Wash Common, Berkshire [now West Berkshire], England—died December 24, 2016) English author known for reinvigorating the genre of anthropomorphic fiction, most notably with the beloved children’s book Watership Down (1972; film 1978), a novel that presents a naturalistic tale of the travails of a group of ...
May 8, 2020 · Richard Adams at 100: the story behind Watership Down. Adams may have insisted his bestselling book was 'just about rabbits', but Watership Down 's brutal exploration of humanity and ethics remains pertinent today. Alice Vincent 09 May 2020. Richard Adams, holding a mouse. Getty/Penguin.
Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Hampshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits.
Dec 27, 2016 · Dec. 27, 2016. Richard Adams, the British novelist who became one of the world’s best-selling authors with his first book, “ Watership Down ,” a tale of rabbits whose adventures in a ...
Dec 27, 2016 · 128. Richard Adams, who has died aged 96, was the author of one of the most successful books of the 1970s. Published in 1972, Watership Down, Adams’s story about a colony of rabbits...
Nov 1, 1972 · 4.08. 481,739 ratings17,564 reviews. Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home.
