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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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Richard Adams has 90 books on Goodreads with 957899 ratings. Richard Adams’s most popular book is Watership Down (Watership Down, #1).
Nov 1, 2005 · Richard Adams. Richard George Adams (born 9 May, 1920) is best-remembered as the author of Watership Down, but wrote many other novels, short stories, poems and a biography. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters, Juliet and Rosamond, on a trip to Stratford-on-Avon, to see a play.
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Dec 27, 2016 · 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 travelling...
Nov 1, 1972 · 479,601 ratings17,372 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.