Prospero's Cell

A Guide To The Landscape And Manners Of The Island Of Corfu. 'one Of Lawrence Durrell's Best Books - Indeed, In Its Gem-like Miniature Quality, Among The Best Books Ever Written.' Freya Stark 'this Charming Idyll Depicts The Country Life And Cosmopolitan Society Of Corfu In The Years Immediately Before The War . . . The Matter Of It Is As Sound As The Story Is Delightful.' Sunday Times 'corfu, That Ionian Island Whose Idyllic Yet Blood-stained History Goes Back The Best Part Of A Thousand Years, Could Not Have Found A Fitter Chronicler Than Mr Durrell. For He Is A Poet, With All A Poet's Sensibility, And A Humanist To Boot, With A Keen Eye For Character And A Scholar's Reverence For Antiquity.' Daily Telegraph