All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
$28.68
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2013
Summary
Contains Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vets in Harness
The second volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small.
Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brother Siegfried and Tristan Farnon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447226017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447226011 |
| Author: | James Herriot |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Bulls with sunstroke, pigs on the run and a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit … I grew up reading James Herriot’s book and I’m delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then – Kate Humble
Herriot’s enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. Full of extraordinary characters, animal and human, the books never fail to delight – Amanda Owen, bestselling author of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Herriot’s enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. Full of extraordinary characters, animal and human, the books never fail to delight – Amanda Owen, bestselling author of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
On original release in the 1970s, James Herriot’s insights into the life of a working vet were so popular and enchanting to readers that the area of the Yorkshire Dales in which he practised became known as ‘James Herriot country’ * Yorkshire Ridings Magazine *
James Herriot
James Herriot grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF, until his death in 1995.
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