James Herriot (1916-1995) was the pen name of James Alfred 'Alf'
Wight, whose tales of veterinary practice and country life in the
Yorkshire Dales have delighted generations. Many of Herriot's works
- including All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and
Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made Them
All and Every Living Thing - became international bestsellers and
have been adapted for film and television.
Rosie Page and Jim Wight are Herriot's children. Rosie became a
doctor and Jim was a vet.
It cleverly interweaves extracts from his novels, with an
interesting commentary from his son and daughter . . . their
memories and anecdotes augment the stories and make delightful
reading
*Yorkshire Times*
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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