All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet - Brossura

Herriot, James

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ISBN 10: 1447226062 ISBN 13: 9781447226062

Casa editrice: Pan Books, 2013

Riassunto

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises of Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a far cry from James Herriot's day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And while he is keen to serve Queen and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby - despite frequent arguments between his colleagues, bad-tempered cattle and equally irritable 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 is constantly hanging over him - 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.

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Recensione:

"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

"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

Descrizione del libro:

World War Two and training for the RAF interrupts James Herriot’s life as a country vet in All Things Wise and Wonderful. This omnibus edition comprises Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin.

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• Editore: Pan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447226062
• ISBN 13: 9781447226062
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 592