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Born in 1912 in india to british colonial parents, he spent decades living and traveling around the worldincluding greece, which inspired his brother gerald durrell s famous memoirs and the subsequent pbs show, the durrells in corfuand drew from this experience to write. The alexandria quartet ebook by lawrence durrell author. The alexandria quartet mountolive balthazar justine clea. The child is now six years old marking the time that has elapsed since the events of justine. The lawrence durrell travel reader by lawrence durrell.
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