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    All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
    All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
    All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
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    All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

    Written by James Herriot

    Narrated by Nicholas Ralph

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    **This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**

    "Nicholas Ralph’s readings of Herriot’s stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." —The Houston Chronicle

    A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.

    The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series.

    Millions of readers and listeners have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the fifty years since his animal stories were first introduced to the world.

    All Things Bright and Beautiful is the beloved sequel to Herriot's first collection, All Creatures Great and Small, and picks up as Herriot, now newly married, journeys among the remote hillside farms and valley towns of the Yorkshire Dales, caring for their inhabitants—both two- and four-legged. Throughout, Herriot's deep compassion, humor, and love of life shine as we laugh, cry, and delight in the portraits of his many varied animal patients and their equally varied owners.

    A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

    All Creatures Great and Small is available on Blu-ray and DVD. To purchase, visit shop.pbs.org. MASTERPIECE® is a registered trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. Used with permission. A Playground production for MASTERPIECE and Channel 5 in association with All3Media and Screen Yorkshire. Cover photo © Playground Television UK Ltd / Photographer: Ed Miller

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateNov 17, 2020
    ISBN9781250796882
    Author

    James Herriot

    James Herriot, a pseudonym for James Alfred Wight, 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, which begin with If Only They Could Talk. The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small.

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    • 5/5
      Like All Creatures Great and Small, this was a re-read for me - I first read both books back in the late 70s and loved them. It's one of those books I've always wanted to revisit, and when I saw the opportunity to listen to a new audio version, narrated by the actor who plays Herriot in the new PBS series, I pounced on it. And like All Creatures Great & Small, it was just as delightful the second time around. The narration is wonderful - I'm quite sure I wasn't hearing a Scottish accent in my head when I read it all those years ago, but I certainly enjoyed Nicholas Ralph's accent as he narrated.
      My thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

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    • 5/5
      I watched the master peace session of it and loved it.
      So did the rest of my family
    • 5/5
      I love this book and the whole series so much!