Fiver has a premonition ... And he's got a point. Richard Adams fought in World War II. Glimpses of his wartime experiences emerge throughout the book. The rabbit Hazel was based on the author's ...

Richard Adams has died aged ... of rabbits led by Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig, as they escaped the destruction of their warren and attempted to find a new home. The book, published in 1972, was ...

The novel, which told the saga of a group rabbits – Hazel, Fiver ... and other children's book with anthropomorphised animal characters. British author Richard Adams (pictured in 1978), whose ...

I went to meet Adams ... a book is a book is a book, and you write what has got to be written to tell the story properly. I never consider the readers JASPER REES: Before we talk about Watership Down, ...

And when he did complete his book, he struggled to find anyone to publish it. Richard George Adams was born on 9 May ... by World War Two and he served for five years in the Army before returning ...

When a young rabbit called Fiver has a terrifying vision of his ... Watership Down author, 90-year-old Richard Adams, is planning some stiff opposition. "I'm going to oppose it tooth and nail ...

The country mansion that inspired Richard ... as tales Adams would tell his daughters on long car journeys and they pestered him to write it down. Although many children's books at the time ...

The author Richard Adams, who wrote Watership Down, has died. Adams’ breakthrough adventure novel, which followed a group of rabbits in search of a new home, was published in 1972. It quickly ...

Richard Adams, the author of the beloved 1972 children’s book “Watership Down,” has died at the age of 96. In a statement posted to the author’s website on Tuesday, Adams’ family ...

LONDON—British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96. Juliet Johnson said Mr ...