ISBN: 9781447226017    Publisher: January Year of publishing: 2016     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 465        Language: English

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 he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques delivering calves after far too much home-made wine and a grudge-holding dog called Magnus who never forgets. And then with Britain on the verge of war James faces a decision that could separate him from Darrowby - and Helen - for ever... 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 Bright and Beautiful is a heart-warming story of determination love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.
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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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