Lawrence Durrell Audio & Video

From acclaimed author Lawrence Durrell, this is both an insightful and evocative literary travelogue and a lyrical memoir of an enchanting island at a turning point in history.

Lawrence Durrell speaking at UCLA on January 12, 1972. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.

This captivating novel is set on Crete just after the War, as an odd assortment of English travellers come ashore from a cruise ship to explore the island and in particular to examine a dangerous local labyrinth....

Justine is the first volume in The Alexandria Quartet, four interlinked novels set in the sensuous, hot environment of Alexandria just before the Second World War...

In Balthazar, the second volume in Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, the story and the characters come more clearly into focus.

Pope Joan traces the remarkable history of a young woman who, according to tradition, travelled across Europe in the ninth century disguised as a monk....

In Clea, the concluding part of The Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever...

In Mountolive the third volume in Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, the events surrounding the interwoven community of Nessim, Justine, Narouz, Pursewarden and the other major characters are given a very different perspective.