The Corfu Trilogy The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels Birds Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods All three books are set on the enchante

The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there For Gerald, the budding zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming wThe Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there For Gerald, the budding zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with strange birds and beasts that he could collect, watch and care for But life was not without its problems his family often objected to his animal collecting activities, especially when the beasts wound up in the villa or even worse the fridge With hilarious yet endearing portraits of his family and their many unusual hangers on, The Corfu Trilogy also captures the beginnings of the author s lifelong love of animals Recounted with immense humour and charm, this wonderful account of Corfu s natural history reveals a rare, magical childhood.
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About " Gerald Durrell "
Gerald Durrell
Gerald Gerry Malcolm Durrell was born in India in 1925 His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts in My Belfry A few years later, Durrell began organising his own animal collecting expeditions The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone He recounts these experiences in a number of books, including The Drunken Forest Durrell also visited many countries while shooting various television series, including An Amateur Naturalist In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust Rosy is My Relative, his first novel, was published in 1968 Whether in a factual account of an expedition or a work of non fiction, Gerald Durrell s style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed Gerald Durrell died in 1995.