Gerald Durrell was a naturalist, author, media personality, conservationist and founder of both the internationally renowned Jersey Zoo and what is now known as the Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust. A passionate and inspiring advocate of the need for the conservation of animals and plants and their habitats, he was also a brilliant storyteller. His early family life forms the basis for the ITV drama, The Durrells. Though he had almost no formal education he became a prolific writer, publishing numerous articles and thirty-seven books including Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods, before his death in 1995, aged seventy.
Introduction
i: The Speech for the Defence Unit
1: Part One Chapter
0: The Migration Chapter
1: The Unsuspected Isle Chapter
2: The Strawberry
Pink Villa Chapter
3: The Rose
Beetle Man Chapter
4: A Bushel of Learning Chapter
5: A Treasure of Spiders Chapter
6: The Sweet Spring Chapter
0: Conversation Unit
2: Part Two Chapter
7: The Daffodil
Yellow Villa Chapter
8: The Tortoise Hills Chapter
9: The World in a Wall Chapter
10: The Pageant of Fireflies Chapter
11: The Enchanted Archipelago Chapter
12: The Woodcock Winter Chapter
0: Conversation Unit
3: Part Three Chapter
13: The Snow
White Villa Chapter
14: The Talking Flowers Chapter
15: The Cyclamen Woods Chapter
16: The Lake of Lilies Chapter
17: The Chessboard Fields Chapter
18: An Entertainment with Animals Chapter
0: The Return Acknowledgements
ii: A Message from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Acknowledgements
iii: Afterword
