Richard Adams is the author of nineteen books, including the best-selling and award-winning Watership Down. He is 94 year olds and lives in Hampshire with his wife of over sixty years.
‘A story told with conviction and creative zest’ * Guardian * 'Shardik is my masterpiece' -- Richard Adams 'Recalls the imaginative scale of Lord of the Rings.' * Financial Times * 'Riveting reading.' * Daily Mail * 'Striking enough to confirm Richard Adams as one of the most talented descriptive writers to emerge in this country for years.' * The Times * 'Grips with suspense, haunts with mystery... a memorable work, not to be read once only but to be reread as loved books are... a human saga.' -- Wall Street Journal 'Shardik is a powerful work, dipping deep into old forms – allegory, epic, myth – resonating in the caverns of the readers' unconscious... It is an exciting story, the adventures compelling.' -- Los Angeles Times