A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell to
celebrate the centenary of his birth with a new foreword by HRH Princess Anne. 'Gerald
Durrell was magic' SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ¿ 'One of the finest and most lyrical nature writers
in English' OBSERVER Myself and Other Animals is a new book mosaicked from unpublished
autobiographies uncollected pieces and previously published extracts from Durrell's work and
archives. The result is an extraordinary journey through Durrell's life in his own words
edited and introduced by his widow Lee Durrell. Drawing on a memoir that Durrell started
writing before he became too ill to continue it and an unfinished book from a trip to
Australia in 1969 to the Great Barrier Reef Northern Territory and Queensland here is the
unvarnished story of Durrell's life from touching family tributes to golden bats and pink
pigeons. Moving from India to England and then to the always sun-lit Corfu told with dry wit
and insight into our fellow animals here is the vivid finale of one of Britain's most beloved
conservationists and prose stylists.
