The Corfu Trilogy The Corfu Trilogy

The Corfu Trilogy

My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods

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Publisher Description

National Bestseller: The complete trilogy that inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu in one volume.

The tales of a naturalist and his family, who left England for the Greek island of Corfu—where they interacted with fascinating locals of both human and animal varieties—these memoirs have become beloved bestsellers and inspired the delightful series that aired on PBS television.
 
Included in this three-book collection are:
 
My Family and Other Animals: Ten-year-old Gerald Durrell arrives on sun-drenched Corfu with this family and pursues his interest in natural history, making friends with the island’s fauna—from toads and tortoises to scorpions and geckos—while reveling in the joyous chaos of growing up in an unconventional household.
 
Birds, Beasts and Relatives: Written after a boyhood spent studying zoology, this memoir is part nature guide, part coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir.
 
The Garden of the Gods: In the conclusion of the trilogy, Durrell shares more tales of wild animals and his even wilder family, including his mother, Louisa, and his siblings Lawrence, Leslie, and Margo, in the years before World War II.
 
“[Durrell’s] books have an unfailing charm. . . . It is a tribute to his skill that one never tires of his accounts” (Chicago Tribune).
 
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.
 

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2016
November 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
768
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
13.3
MB

Customer Reviews

AcadiaGirl777 ,

One of my all-time favorite books

Laugh-out-loud funny, full of adventure and fun. Don’t miss this trilogy.

jdt_s ,

Biographical tale of young Gerald Durrell living in Corfu

This man is a fellow after my own heart, a wildlife conservationist and naturalist from a very early age. He grew to have an international reputation in both those areas with a foundation in his name funded by the proceeds from his writings and a small legacy from his father which still provides these services.
He also started a zoo for propagation of endangered species on the Channel Island of Jersey. This is also operational today! His humor and love of his area of expertise is thrilling! I thoroughly enjoyed this series of stories and highly recommend the read!

robin snipe ,

Corfu

This writer has a very bad case of descriptive diarrhea which becomes so distractive that trying to read his story becomes like listening to fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. Certainly my worst investment in reading material to date. Don’t buy it you’ be sorry.

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