The Corfu trilogy is the unofficial name for three autobiographical books by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, giving humorous, exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised stories of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. It describes the life of the Durrell family in a humorous manner, and explores the fauna of the island.[1] A television series based on the trilogy, The Durrells, aired for four series from 3 April 2016 to 12 May 2019.[2]

The three books are:

References

  1. Durrell, Gerald. "The Corfu Trilogy". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. "ITV commissions new six-part drama The Durrells". ITV Press Centre. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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