…I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. There are people…who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are on an island, a little world surrounded by the sea, fills them with an indescribable intoxication. These born “islomanes”…are direct descendents of the Atlanteans

It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship though more accurately he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. His first school was St.

It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship though more accurately he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. His most famous work is the tetralogy the Alexandria Quartet. Hence he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under new laws and had to apply for a visa for each entry.