Richard Adams
Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams wrote many novels and short stories, including Shardik and...See more
Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams wrote many novels and short stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs . He died in 2016, aged 96. See less
Richard Adams's Featured Books
Richard Adams book reviews
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Traveller
Traveler!
by Lydia B, Nov 24, 2015
I loved this book...written from the Horse's point of view! The workings of war are put in such a way as to flesh out our normal perspectives of war. War, still makes NO Sense! Read More
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Shardik
Important book
by Elana L, Jun 27, 2013
All the great themes are here: Loyalty, honor, faith, revelation, despair, human cruelty and human courage. Richard Adams' understanding of both the natural and the human world inform a masterpiece. ... Read More
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The Plague Dogs
4 and a half stars, actually
by Vaughny, Oct 16, 2011
Not as good as Watership Down, but brilliant in many ways -- sad and inventive and amazing in it's portrayal of different dialects. This effect can be distracting, however, in how it slows your ... Read More
