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The Wonderful World of James Herriot

A Charming Collection of Classic Stories

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The Wonderful World of James Herriot

By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Nicholas Ralph, Rosie Page
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The perfect listen for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot’s much-loved books, with insights into his life and work from his children Rosie and Jim.

With astute observations and boundless humour, country vet Herriot captures the spirit of the Yorkshire Dales and of rural communities on the cusp of change, before tractors and machines had taken over and modern medicines and antibiotics transformed veterinary work. Along the way a beloved cast of characters emerges, from the squabbling brothers Tristan and Siegfried to Herriot’s hapless courtship and eventual family life with Helen Anderson. But it’s the animals which are at the heart of Herriot’s stories. Whether he’s dodging a raging bull on a risky artificial insemination assignment, becoming pen pals with Tricki Woo the spoilt Pekingese pooch, or the inevitable trials and tribulations of lambing season, there’s never a dull moment in Herriot’s company.

At times moving and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Wonderful World of James Herriot will delight fans old and new.

©2022 James Herriot (P)2022 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
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I grew up reading James Herriot's books 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, on the works of James Herriot)
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 the works on James Herriot)
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 the works of James Herriot)

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Interesting

I love all the James Heriot books and series I am biased as a big fan of Christopher Timothy reading the stories, I find his voices and expressions excellent. This was narrated interestingly, a part from the well known stories and the a depiction of what really happened
I have enjoyed listening to this, and then the real life story of each chapter then told, interesting to know the true tale of real life events, that came to then create, all these fabulous books Loved it More please

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Wonderful

A great addition to the series, brilliantly narrated and answers a lot of the questions about how true to life the books were.

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I have listened to all of the other books read by Nicholas Ralph. This one was disappointing as it was just clips form the others with some other bits added in as narration. I returned the book

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Cash in unfunny and totally disappointing

Excerpts. simple as that. Half the story missed and this Anna person is a lousy narrator. With only bits the humour included it is often missed out altogether and it's clearly a cash in on the JR name. I'll be sending it back.

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