A 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 'A wise genial and world-encompassing book' SUNDAY TIMES
'Fills important gaps in the biographical narrative . . . Truly there is magic here' GUARDIAN
Myself and Other Animals is a new book mosaicked from unpublished autobiographies uncollected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.
'Funny and readable and hugely charming' i 'One of the finest and most lyrical nature
writers in English' OBSERVER 'A moving tribute to Gerald's endeavours and achievements as a
conservationist' SPECTATOR
