Daniel

by Richard Adams

Overview

Born into the most desperate circumstances in slave-quarters in the deep South at the end of the nineteenth century, Daniel grows up a slave on a cotton plantation in the US. It seems he will remain there for the rest of his life, but things take a darker twist when he is sold as a consequence of killing the white overseer who his threatening his beloved sister. With his sinister new owner, Daniel embarks on a journey which will span continents, test his courage and endurance to the limit, and ultimately lead him to William Wilberforce and the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783015887
Publisher:	Watership Down Enterprises
Publication date:	12/05/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Richard George Adams (born 9 May, 1920) is an English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down. Initially rejected by several major publishing houses, Watership Down went on to sell over a million copies in record time in both the United Kingdom and the United States and has become a modern classic. Others of Richard's books include Shardik, Maia, Tales from Watership Down, The Girl in a Swing and The Plague Dogs, the last two of which, together with Watership Down, have been filmed. His goal is to tell a good story, ideally one so good you can't put it down! Richard Adams currently lives in Hampshire, England.