Ebook {Epub PDF} Watership Down by Richard Adams

WATERSHIP DOWN, Macmillan, , first American edition, some dust-soiling to the spine, else vg+ in wraps. Uncorrected proof. The authors most desirable first book. Very collectible classic! Book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition. Dust jacket is protected in a removable, archive cover. Please see photos. ABOUT THE BOOK: Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in Set in. Richard George Adams (born 9 May, ) 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. They insisted he publish the tale as a book/5(K).

Watership Down 50th Anniversary Conference Celebrating Richard Adams's beloved book at 50 September Cover by Tracey Knight About the Conference Call for Papers Keynote Speakers The conference is co-organized by: Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic University of Glasgow School of English, Communication and Philosophy Cardiff University. Watership Downby Richard Adams. Now a Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley. A worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Watership Down is the compelling tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world--"a classic yarn of. Richard Adams, the son of a country doctor, was born in Newbury in England in He was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in joined the civil service. In the mids he completed his first novel, Watership Down, for which he struggled for several years to find a publisher.

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival. Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. Discover—or revisit—the enchanting world of the Sandleford Warren rabbits in this first-ever illustrated edition of a celebrated modern classic. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years, Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival follows a band of very special rabbits on their flight from the intrusion. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller, Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. 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.