Myself and Other Animals

<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'' ''Fills important gaps in the biographical narrative . . . Truly, there is magic here''


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''

''One of the finest and most lyrical nature writers in English''

''A moving tribute to Gerald''s endeavours and achievements as a conservationist'' <>

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Durrell
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 04.12.2025
• EAN: 9781405974158
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-7415-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; NATURE / Animals / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Autobiography: literary, Wildlife: general interest, Conservation of the environment, Autobiography: writers, Zoos & Wildlife Parks, Zoos and wildlife parks: general interest, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs