{"product_id":"the-durrells-of-corfu-michael-haag-9781781257883","title":"The Durrells of Corfu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's \u003cem\u003eMy Family and Other Animals\u003c\/em\u003e and its ITV adaptation, \u003cem\u003eThe Durrells\u003c\/em\u003e. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The real story of the Durrells is as surprising and fascinating as anything in Gerry's books, and Michael Haag, with his first hand knowledge of the family, is the ideal narrator, drawing on diaries, letters and unpublished autobiographical fragments. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Durrells of Corfu\u003c\/em\u003e describes the family's upbringing in India and the crisis that brought them to England and then Greece. It recalls the genuine characters they encountered on Corfu - Theodore the biologist, the taxi driver Spiro Halikiopoulos and the prisoner Kosti - as well as the visit of American writer Henry Miller. And Haag has unearthed the story of how the Durrells left Corfu, including Margo's and Larry's last-minute escapes before the War. An extended epilogue looks at the emergence of Larry as a world famous novelist, and Gerry as a naturalist and champion of endangered species, as well as the lives of the rest of the family, their friends and other animals. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book is illustrated with family photos from the Gerald Durrell Archive, many of them reproduced here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Haag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781257884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781257883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ips - Profile Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Michael Haag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077990772991,"sku":"9781781257883","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c52bcb3a-504d-46ef-bae7-66943c925cfa.jpg?v=1685472922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-durrells-of-corfu-michael-haag-9781781257883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}