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  • The Durrells of Corfu

  • By: Michael Haag
  • Narrated by: Paul English
  • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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The Durrells of Corfu

By: Michael Haag
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The award-winning TV adaption The Durrells left its seven million fans with questions: What happened to the family - and what took them to Corfu in the first place? This audiobook has the answers....

Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in particular his much-loved best seller, My Family and Other Animals. These books in turn are based somewhat loosely on actual events. The real-life Durrells went to Corfu at the urging of Lawrence Durrell, who was already living on the island with his wife, Nancy Myers. Their intent was to keep the family together as his mother, Louisa, was drinking heavily and recovering from a breakdown; 'We can be proud of the way we brought her up', Larry said, only half jokingly, of the family's subsequent Corfu sojourn.

Michael Haag's book covers the background to the Durrell family's years in Corfu, including their time in India, where all the children were born, and where their father, a brilliant civil engineer, had died. It recalls the real-life characters the Durrells encountered on Corfu, notably the biologist and poet Theodore Stephanides, and the taxi driver Spiros Halikiopoulos. And Haag tells the story of how the Durrells left Corfu, including Margo's return intent on joining the Greek resistance and Leslie's romance in England with the family's Corfite maid and friend, Maria Kondos. Further chapters cover what happened to the family in later life; here, Lawrence and Gerald Durrell's biographies are well known, but little has previously been written of Margo, Leslie and Louisa. Haag has fascinating stories to tell of them all.

©2006 Michael Haag (P)2017 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Durrells bbc show vs the book.

I loved the bbc show but this book is a must it brings to life the Durrells and why they loved Corfu. But not only Corfu but who they really were. Hi

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Bored me to tears.

I'll be looking for Gerald's books. I loved the TV series based on those books.

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