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Author: Gerald Durrell
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Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Hugh Bonneville
Duration 4h 20m
Durrell's autobiographical account of his childhood, concentrating on his time spent in Corfu 1935-39, is rich with both humour and naturalist observations on the ecosystems and nature of the island. A heartfelt and warming account of island life that impacted significantly on tourism in Corfu, this memoir is one for listeners all ages and inclinat...
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Author: Gerald Durrell
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Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Nigel Davenport
Duration 10h 21m
The first of Gerald Durrell's childhood memoirs on life amidst the olive groves and mountains of Corfu. The young naturalist Gerald lives with his family in chaotic harmony, welcoming a constant stream of eccentric visitors to their villa. He spends many blissful hours collecting all kinds of animals and insects including chameleon spiders, cicadas...
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Author: Gerald Durrell
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Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Jamie Glover
Duration 7h 8m
What does a young man bequeathed 500 pounds and an elephant with a taste for liquor do? Adrian Rookwhistle thought he had the answer - he'd give her to a circus. But it wasn't so easy. Together Rosy and Adrian cut a swathe of terror and destruction through the peaceful countryside of Southern England. Drunk or sober, Rosy spreads chaos in her wake.
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Author: Gerald Durrell
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Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Martyn Read
Duration 5h 30m
Most children at the tender age of six or so are generally full of the most impractical schemes for becoming policemen, firemen or engine drivers when they grow up...I knew exactly what I was going to do: I was going to have my own zoo. "Menagerie Manor" is the hugely entertaining account of how the well-known and much-loved conservationist and aut...
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