British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 169
Brown, Mrs 31–2
Brown, Dorothy 31
Burma 3
Burroughs, Miss 36–7
Buthidaung 3
C
Caldicott Prep School 23
Cameroon 179, 180
Cassell 57, 118, 120
Chakravati, Dr 15–16
Chessboard Fields 133–5, 199
Cohen, Eve 172, 180, 184, 186, 187, 190
Colossus of Maroussi, The (Miller) 156, 160–1
Commins Bookshop, Bournemouth 43
Condos, Anthony (Tony) 183
Condos, Maria 154, 155, 159, 176, 183
Condos family 133, 154–5, 159
Corfu 57–61, 109–10, 145–6, 198–200
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 89–109, 122–3, 130, 132, 199
decision to go to 52–4
decision to leave 154
journey to 54–6
Miller 156–8, 160, 161, 163
Pension Suisse 57–9, 60, 63, 172
Second World War 158–60, 172
Snow-White Villa 130, 132–40, 148–50, 199
Strawberry-Pink Villa 61–89, 91, 130, 133, 199
and The Tempest 67
White House 110, 111–17, 122, 131–2, 142–3, 145
Corfu, Garden of the Gods 174, 199
Corfu Trilogy, The (Gerald Durrell) xi, 89, 124–5; see also Birds, Beasts and Relatives; My Family and Other Animals
Curie, Madame 88–9
Cyprus 186–91
D
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 89–109, 122–3, 130, 132, 199
Dalhousie 19
Darjeeling 87
Dixie, Glory 14–15
Dixie, John 2, 13
Dixie, Louisa see Durrell, Louisa
Dixie Lodge, Bournemouth 38
dogs
Bindle 14, 16–17
Prince 23, 25
Roger 49, 54, 57, 68, 86, 105, 109
Simon 33–4, 37
Dulwich 22–5
Dulwich College 22
Durrell, Dora 34
Durrell, Doris 182–3
Durrell, Eve see Cohen, Eve
Durrell, Gerald (Gerry)
and Alexia 89, 101–2
The Bafut Beagles 180, 188
birth 9
birthday party 141–2
Bournemouth 32, 33–4, 35–7, 38, 42, 44, 46–51, 52
Corfu 52–3, 54, 56, 57, 59–61, 63, 199
Corfu, Garden of the Gods 173, 199
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 95–6, 98, 100, 103–7
and dogs 33–4, 37, 49, 54, 68
and Doris 183
Dulwich 22, 23, 25
and father 2, 9–10, 19, 23
and George Wilkinson 68, 72, 75–7, 82–3
India 13–14, 17–19, 20–1
and Jacquie 179, 196
Jersey 194–6
and Kosti 135–40, 194
and Larry 8, 42–3, 49, 51, 129–30, 140, 143, 180
leaves Corfu 155
and Lee 196
and Leslie 192, 194
London 124–5, 142, 167–8
and Lugaretzia 92
and Margo 100
and mother 10, 31, 35–7, 42, 48–9, 51, 63
My Family and Other Animals ix, 19, 177, 191–4, 197
The Overloaded Ark 179, 186
and Pat Evans 122, 123–4
and Aunt Prue 22
Queens Hotel 26–8
and Rose-Beetle Man 68, 70–2
and scorpions 103–6
Second World War 174–5
and snakes 135–6, 139, 148–9
Snow-White Villa 130, 133–5, 149–50
and Spiro 64, 68
Strawberry-Pink Villa 63, 65–84
and supernatural 23, 26–8
and Tabitha 29, 31, 32
and Theodore 68, 81–4, 85, 86, 89, 98–9, 100, 101–2, 140–1, 185, 192
Three Singles to Adventure 180
Whipsnade Zoo 176
White House 200
wildlife collecting 179
writing 51, 57, 77–81, 179–80, 196
Wychwood School 38, 46–8
zoo x, 177–9, 188–9, 194–6
Durrell, Jacquie 179, 196
Durrell, Lawrence (Larry) 173
and Alan Thomas 43, 184
Argentina 185–6
at school in England 10–11, 20, 22
birth 3
Bournemouth 32, 35, 42–3, 180, 181–2
and Claude 190, 191
and cobra 77
Corfu 52–6, 60, 65, 67, 72, 109–10, 141, 146, 151–3, 156–8, 160, 167
Corfu journey 54, 55, 56, 57
crammers 23, 25
Cyprus 186–91
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 91, 94–5, 102, 105–6
Dulwich 25
Egypt 165, 170–2
and Eve 172, 180, 190
father’s death 20
and Gerry 42–3, 48–9, 51, 71, 72, 74, 75, 143, 149, 179, 180
Gerry’s zoo 188–9
India 3–5, 7–8, 14
Justine 186, 190–1
and Leslie 194
London 26, 32–3, 38, 41
Margery’s death 6
and Miller 117–18, 129, 156–8, 163
and mother 44–5, 52, 53, 56, 95–6
My Family and Other Animals 192
and Nancy 38–42, 54, 113–14, 128–9, 143, 148, 153–4, 171
Paleocastritsa 122, 123, 125–8
Paris and London visits 129–30, 154
and Penelope 181–2
Prospero’s Cell xi, 198–9
Provence 191, 198
Queens Hotel 26–8, 110, 120–1
Reflections on a Marine Venus 186
Rhodes 180
St Joseph’s College 11
and scorpions 105–6
Second World War 160, 161, 165
Snow-White Villa 130
Spirit of Place 198
and Spiro 93–4, 127–8
Sussex 41, 51
and Theodore 86, 89, 185
Veronica and Dorothy 144–8, 184
White House 111, 112–13, 114–17, 122, 131–2, 142–3, 145, 160, 167, 199
writing 41, 57, 110, 115, 117–22, 129–30, 197–8
Yugoslavia 186
Durrell, Lawrence Samuel 1, 9–10, 14–15, 17
career 2–9, 17
death 1, 19–20
desk 26
Dulwich house 22
and Louisa 1, 2, 3
Durrell, Lee see McGeorge, Lee
Durrell, Leslie 35, 173
birth 6
Bournemouth 43, 52–3
Caldicott Prep School 23
childhood illness 15–16, 194
and Condos family 155
Corfu 54, 55, 61, 63, 74–5, 141
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 96, 100, 105, 122–3, 124
death 183
and Doris 182–3
Dulwich College 22
father’s death 20
India 12
and Kosti 139, 194
in later life 182–3
leaves Corfu 155
and Margo 168
and Maria Condos 176, 183
and Mary Stephanides 101
and mother 100
My Family and Other Animals 192, 194
Paleocastritsa 126–8
Queens Hotel 26
Second World War 160, 176
and snakes 139, 148–9
and Theodore 86, 89, 101
White House 200
Durrell, Louisa ix, 1, 44–5, 173
Bournemouth 32, 35–6, 37–8, 44, 51, 53, 168
breakdown 36, 52
Corfu 56, 57, 60–2, 63, 65–6, 72
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 94, 95–6, 103, 105, 109
death 196
decision to go to Corfu 52, 53, 54
drinking 6, 35, 42, 51, 52, 53, 100
Dulwich 22–5
and Eve 187
family background 1–2
and Gerry 9, 10, 20, 31, 35–7, 42, 48–9, 51, 63, 72, 75
Gerry’s zoo 194–6
health anxieties 14, 15, 16, 60–1
husband’s death 1, 19–21
India 1, 3–5, 14–15
in Kensington 167
and Kosti 139–40
and Larry 42, 94–6, 113
leaves Corfu 155
and Leslie 6, 12, 14, 22, 35
London visit 142
Margery’s death 1, 6
marriage 1, 2, 3
My Family and Other Animals 1, 192
and Nancy 181
and paranormal 6, 23, 26–8
and Pat Evans 124
Queens Hotel 26–31
Snow-White Villa 130, 132
and Theodore 86, 89
and water snakes 148–9
White House 200
Durrell, Margaret (Margo) 173
art school 154
birth 7
Bournemouth 32, 44, 53, 177–9
and Condos family 155, 176
Corfu 54, 56, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 74–5, 141, 158–9, 160, 163–4
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 96–7, 100, 102, 105
death 197
and father 19–20
and Gerry 100, 130, 177–9, 192
Gerry’s birth 9
India 11, 12–14, 15, 16–17
and Jack 163–4, 168
and Larry 11, 20, 130, 143
leaves Corfu 164
and Leslie 12, 16, 74–5, 183
London visit 142
Malvern Girls’ School 23, 154
and Mary Stephanides 101
and Miller 163
and mother 36
My Family and Other Animals 160, 192
and Nancy 143, 182
and Pat Evans 123–4
pet duck 14, 17
Queens Hotel 26
Snow-White Villa 149
son’s birth 169–70
and Spiro 64
sunbathing 153, 200
and Theodore 86, 89
White House 143, 145, 153, 200
and writers 130
Durrell, Margery 1, 6
Durrell, Nancy see Myers, Nancy
Durrell, Penelope 165, 171, 181–2
Durrell, Sappho 186, 190
Durrell & Co 5, 9
Durrell Zoo 194–6, 198
E
Egypt 165, 170–2
Eliot, T.S. 120, 121–2, 184
Emmett, Alex 99–100
England
Bournemouth 31–8, 41–5, 46–51, 168, 177–9, 180, 181–2, 197
and Corfu 109–10
Dulwich 22–5
in Larry’s writing 121
Queens Hotel 26–31
EOKA 190
Ethiopia 114
Evans, Pat 56, 122–4, 176
F
Faber and Faber 120, 121
Flammarion, Camille 89
Fraser, Major Hugh 194
G
Gennatas, Madame 111–12, 150, 158
Gouvia Bay 91, 93, 107–9
Grivas, General 190
Guyana 179, 180
H
SS Hakone Maru 55
Halikiopoulos, Lillis 161, 163, 164–5
Halikiopoulos, Spiro 61–2, 64, 65, 68, 98, 146, 199
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 91
death 164–5
and Larry 127–8
and Miller 156, 157, 161, 165
and Nancy 114
and pilots 93–4
Second World War 159–60
Snow-White Villa 133
songs 103
and Alan Thomas 122, 126–7
White House 111, 112–13, 142, 199–200
Harrisson, Tom 184
Hodgkin, Edward 180–1
Hudson, Barclay 117
Hughes, David 192
Hughes, Prudence (Aunt Prue) 22–3, 25, 35, 155, 167, 177
Hurd, Meg 156
Huxley, Julian 188
I
Imperial Airways 93, 108–9, 163, 164, 169
India 1–21, 36, 86–7
J
Jamshedpur 9, 11–14
Jersey Zoo x, 194–6, 198
Jullundur 3
Justine (Lawrence Durrell) 186, 190–1
K
Kalamata 165
Kalami 110, 111–17, 122, 131–2, 142–3, 145, 156–8, 160, 161, 163, 167, 199–200
Katsimbalis, George 160–1
Kontokali 91, 122
Koster, Maurice 126
Kosti, see Panopoulos, Kosti’
Kouloura 111–13, 145, 150
Kralefsky (Krajewski), John 155, 173
Kurseong 3, 7–8, 87
L
Lahore 17, 19
Laughton, Charles 142, 167
London Zoo 174, 179
Lugaretzia 92–3, 95, 105, 106
M
McGeorge, Lee 196, 197
Makarios, Archbishop 190
malaria 140
Malvern Girls’ School 23, 154
‘The Man of Animals’ (Gerald Durrell) 77–81
Metaxas, Ioannis 165
Miller, Henry
The Colossus of Maroussi x, 156, 160–1
Corfu x, 156–8, 160, 161, 163, 199
and Larry 117–18, 121–2, 129, 153, 156–7, 179, 180, 190
and Spiro 156, 157, 161, 164–5
Tropic of Cancer 117, 120
Mirtiotissa 125–6
Mother see Durrell, Louisa
Mouse Island 62, 68
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell) ix, 7, 149–50, 177, 191–4, 197, 198
Christmas party 148–9
Corfu journey 54, 57
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 94, 95–8, 100, 101
decision to go to Corfu 52–3
Kosti 133–40, 194
Larry 51, 129–30, 192
leaving Corfu 155
Leslie 192, 194
Margo 160, 192
Mother 1, 192
Pat Evans 123–4
peasant songs 70
Roger 49
Snow-White Villa 130, 133
Spiro 64
Strawberry-Pink Villa 63
Theodore 81–4
Theodore and the seaplanes 108–9
Myers, Nancy 51
and Alan Thomas 43, 128, 129
Corfu 52, 65, 72, 151–3
Corfu journey 54, 56, 57
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 91, 94, 103
death 182
and Durrells 41–2
and Gerry 68
and Larry 38–41, 51, 54, 128–9, 143, 148, 153–4, 171
and Larry’s writing 117, 118, 121
later life 180–2
and Margo 124
Miller’s visit 156–8
painting 43, 145, 153
Paleocastritsa 122, 123, 125–8
Paris and London visits 129, 130, 154
Penelope’s birth 165
Second World War 160, 163, 165
and Spiro 114
Veronica and Dorothy 145, 146, 147–8, 184
White House 111, 112–13, 115, 122, 132, 142, 145, 160, 199
Mymensingh 3, 5–6
N
Nea Grammata 160
Nin, Anais 121, 129
Nunquam (Lawrence Durrell) 198
O
Obelisk Press 121–2
Overloaded Ark, The (Gerald Durrell) 179, 186
P
Palatiano family 133
Paleocastritsa 122, 123, 125–6
Panic Spring (Lawrence Durrell) 95, 118, 120, 158
Panopoulos, Kosti 135–40, 194
Pantocrator, Mount 91, 111, 115, 145
Pension Suisse, Corfu 57–9, 60, 63, 172
Perama 61–84, 91, 130, 133, 159, 199
Pied Piper of Lovers (Lawrence Durrell) 6, 7–8, 41, 51, 57, 77, 94–5, 118, 120
Pontikonisi 62, 68
Prince (dog) 23,
25
Private Lives of Henry VIII, The 142, 167–8
Prospero’s Cell (Lawrence Durrell) xi, 55, 57, 67, 93–4, 115–17, 146, 160, 167, 198–9
Q
Quasimodo (pigeon) 71
Queens Hotel, Upper Norwood 26–31, 110, 120–1
R
Ralli, Caterina 86
Raymond, Vivian Iris 149–53
Reflections on a Marine Venus (Lawrence Durrell) 180, 186
Rhodes 186
Richardson, Mrs 31–2
Rickwood, Elsie 34–5
Rickwood, Molly 26, 35
Rickwood, Phyllis 35
Ridler, Anne 160
Roger (dog) 49, 54, 57, 68, 86, 105, 109
Rose-Beetle Man 68, 70–2
S
St Edmund’s, Canterbury 11
St Joseph’s College, Darjeeling 11
St Olave’s, London 11
scorpions 103–6
seaplanes 107–9
Second World War 155, 159–60, 163–4, 165, 170–6, 184
Seferis, George 160
Shakespeare, William 67
Simon (dog) 33–4, 37
slugs 17–18
Snow-White Villa 130, 132–40, 148–50, 199
Sotiriotissa see Daffodil-Yellow Villa
Spiridion, St 81, 96–7
Spirit of Place–Lawrence Durrell’s Greece 198
Spiro Americanos see Halikiopoulos, Spiro
Stephanides, Alexia 89, 101–2, 126, 128, 155, 185
Stephanides, Mary 89, 101, 126, 128, 150, 155, 185
Stephanides, Dr Theodore 68, 85–9
anti-malarial campaign 140
Daffodil-Yellow Villa 89, 91, 94, 100–1, 102–3
and Madame Gennatas 111–12
and Gerry 68, 83–4, 85, 98–9, 101–2, 140–1, 185, 192
and Larry 170–2, 185
in later life 185
and Miller 157–8
Nancy’s abortion 113
Paleocastritsa 122, 123, 126, 128
and Raymonds 150
and seaplanes 107–9
Second World War 161, 171–4
White House 115, 142–3, 199
Stevenson, Dorothy 143–8, 184–5, 199
Strawberry-Pink Villa 61–84, 91, 130, 133, 199
T
Tabitha 29, 31, 32
Tata Group 9
Tempest, The (Shakespeare) 67
Tester, Veronica 143–8, 167, 184, 199
Theodore see Stephanides, Dr Theodore
Thomas, Alan 43–4, 46, 49, 55, 56, 57, 72, 117, 184
Corfu visit 122–3, 125–8
Thomas, Dylan 130
Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee 2
Three Singles to Adventure (Gerald Durrell) 180
Tropic of Cancer (Miller) 117–18, 120, 121
Tunc (Lawrence Durrell) 198
V
Venice 59
Villa Agazini 85
Villa Anemoyanni see Daffodil-Yellow Villa
Vincendon, Claude 190
W
Whipsnade Zoo 176
White House, Kalami 110, 111–17, 122, 131–2, 142–3, 145, 160, 161, 163, 167, 199–200
Wilkinson, George 41, 51–2, 188
Corfu 52, 53, 68, 72
as Gerry’s tutor 72, 75–7, 82–3, 98
and Theodore 83, 85
Wilkinson, Pam 41, 51–2, 72, 85
Wolfenden, Jacquie 179, 196