The Corfu Trilogy

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Denise Richards takes her rarely seen daughter Eloise, 12, to the Hollywood Christmas Parade along with husband Aaron Phypers Gerald Durrell is an author of fiction. His full name is Gerald Malcolm Durrell. Born January 7, 1925, in India, his family settled in Corfu when he was young and this gave Gerald some opportunity to study the wildlife there. He put these experiences into a trilogy that started off with My Family and Other Animals. He would follow it with two more, the last of which being titled The Garden of the Gods. He includes a lot of humor as well as details about animals and humans that he meets in them.

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The Durrell School in Corfu, established in 2002, offers an academic course and tours in the footsteps of the Durrells in Corfu. Botanist David Bellamy conducted field trips in Corfu for the school. About Us". World Cultural Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016 . Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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His nonfiction series debuted well earlier than this 1993 series and the Corfu Trilogy started off with My Family and Other Animals. It was followed by Birds, Beasts, and Other Relatives and the third book in the series, The Garden of the Gods. The trilogy is a mostly autobiographical look at the Durrell family growing up as well as his experiences exploring the natural history of the island on which they lived. Omid Scobie accuses King Charles of evicting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from Frogmore Cottage in 'cheap shot' to 'punish' couple for Netflix seriesScreener – TV Listings – "The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece" ". 8 October 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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