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23%OFFJames Herriot - All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet - 9781447226062 - V9781447226062
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All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

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Description for All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet Paperback. Contains Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476.

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriot’s day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And whilst he is keen to serve King and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby – despite frequent arguments between his colleagues Siegfried and Tristan, bad-tempered cattle, opinionated farmers and the continuing saga of Cedric the flatulent dog. But most of all he misses his wife Helen; pregnant with their first child. The question constantly hanging over them is – will he be going to war? And when will he get to go home?

Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.

Contains Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin.

Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447226062
SKU
V9781447226062
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About 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. He wrote many books about Yorkshire country life, including some for children, but he is best known for his memoirs, beginning with If Only They Could Talk. The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small.

Reviews for All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
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 The attraction of Herriot's ever popular memoirs of a country vet . . . is their alternating highs and lows, humour and pathos, and gripping anecdotes about delivering lambs, grumpy farmers, hypochondriac pet-owners, stroppy cows and blunt Yorkshire characters. And, of course, there's a powerful nostalgia element in these stories about our green and pleasant land in the day before the ravages of ribbon development
Daily Mail

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