Birds, beasts, and relatives
Durrell, Gerald, 1925-19952017
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The follow up to My Family and Other Animals and the second book in The Corfu Trilogy, the beloved books that inspired ITV?s television series The Durrells.Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession ... causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family.
Main title:
Birds, beasts, and relatives / Gerald Durrell.
Author:
Imprint:
[London] UK : Penguin Books, 2017.
Collation:
245 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Corfu trilogy ; book two.
Notes:
First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press, Inc., 1969. Published in Penguin 2004.
ISBN:
9780241981658
Dewey class:
590.92591.092591.5
Language:
English
Subject:
Durrell familyDurrell, Gerald, 1925-1995 -- Childhood and youthDurrell, Gerald, 1925-1995 -- Homes and haunts -- Greece -- Corfu IslandWildlife conservationists -- Great Britain -- BiographyNatural history -- Greece -- Corfu IslandZoologists -- Great Britain -- BiographyCorfu Island (Greece) -- Description and travel
BRN:
343745
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 591.5 DUR | Available |