The Corfu trilogy consists of the popular classic My family and other animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, beasts and relatives and The garden of the gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there. For Gerald, the budding zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with strange birds and beasts that he could collect, watch and care for. But life was not without its problems - his family often objected to his animal-collecting activities, especially when the beasts wound up in the villa or, even worse, the fridge.