Illustrated with a combination of stills from the TV and soft line artwork, this is a wonderful introduction to Richard Adams' original award-winning story, first published over 45 years ago and regarded as a modern classic. This is a really special family-friendly edition of Watership Down. Adapted from the scripts of the TV mini series by the BBC and Netflix, this edition will introduce a classic story to a new generation, while reigniting the heartfelt place of the story for older readers.
A beautiful, fully illustrated picture storybook, with text by award winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Richard Adams has written many novels and short stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs.Follow the journey of some very special rabbits in this gorgeous gift storybook edition of the TV mini series of Watership Down. 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.
He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor.Īfter an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service.
Chased by their former friends, hunted by dogs and foxes, avoiding farms and other human threats, but making new friends, Hazel and his fellow rabbits dream of a new life in the emerald embrace of Watership Down.
Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen.Īnd why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent? So together Hazel and Fiver and a few other brave rabbits secretly leave behind the safety and strictures of the warren and hop tentatively out into a vast and strange world. 40th anniversary edition of Richard Adams' picaresque saga about a motley band of rabbits - Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of our time.
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