Richard Adams

Richard Adams (Newbury (Berkshire), 9 may 1920) is a British writer. His best-known book is undoubtedly [source? ] Watership Down, the story of a small group of rabbits who after a vision of one of them rushed flee their colony and after much wandering the perfect location for a new colony found on Watership down (Watership Down), also the title of the book in Dutch. [source?] ==Biography[ Edit] == Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England, the son of a rural doctor. He studied modern history in Oxford (Worcester College). [source? ] During the second world war he was an officer in the British 1st Airborne Division where his war experiences was a source of inspiration for his books. [source? ] Then he was for long time official. [source? ] Later in life he decided a story, that he gave his children during a long car ride to a Shakespeare-presentation had begun to tell, to put in writing. [source? ] The book, Watership down, was a success and that the end of his Government job and heralded the beginning of a successful writing career in.[source?] ==Bibliography[ Edit] ==
 * Watership Down (1972)
 * Shardik (1974)
 * The Tyger voyage, with illustrations by Nicola Bayley (1976)
 * The Plague Dogs (1977)
 * The Girl in a Swing (1980)
 * Tales from Watership Down (1996)
 * Maia (1998)