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All Things Bright and Beautiful
- The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Series: All Creatures Great and Small, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
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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, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques, delivering calves after far too much homemade 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 - forever....
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 heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.
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- MD
- 10-12-17
at last
This was the only omnibus audio book missing from the herriot collection on audible. It is superb and a must for any fan. You also get to meet Granville Bennett for the first time. Very enjoyable
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-11-18
Good book spoiled by music
Love these books, but miss the familiar music, and the edits were somewhat clunky and the music chosen disappointing.
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- John Graddon
- 03-10-20
Pity about the music!
Wonderful wonderful stories told beautifully.
What a shame about the awful editing and the truly terrible music randomly played needlessly between non breaking chapters!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-12-19
Superb storytelling
Prefect narration and wonderful colourful stories told with warm and good humour.
I actually quite liked the occasional light music that sometimes played between storylines.
The chapter spacing is a bit off (Amazon), but that won't stop you enjoying this book.
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- A.Connor
- 18-02-19
‘perfect stories, gifted story-telling
As a child I’d read & watched & really loved all things JamesHerriot. Now Im grownup, Im enjoying these tales every bit as much; gorgeous gentle humour.
No-one but Christopher Timothy should be allowed any place near the narration - he *is* Herriot, superb!
A beautiful book for all ages.
PS- somebody (prev review ^) on here moans about ‘music’ spoiling the reading..? For heaven’s sake - theres a couple of bars of cheery tunes here & there; no impact, no issue.
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- Robert Henshaw
- 18-10-21
Christopher Timothy was maybe the obvious choice but also the best choice
Really enjoyed Christopher Timothy’s reading, he was obviously very invested in this and it was as if the author himself was reflecting. So much life and warmth in Herriot’s writing.
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- Rachel d.
- 10-12-17
loved it
have read it years ago along with the other James Herriot books, but really enjoyed listening to it again.
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- Mrs. B. S. Heath
- 20-12-21
A great listen
Christopher Timothy narrates the real life story with such empathy and superb intonation. A joy to listen to as he transports you back to the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s.
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- Ginger
- 20-11-21
Good Listen
A very good listen apart from the silly music. An excellent story and a great narrator.
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- David Greenly
- 30-07-22
Lovely. Simply lovely.
Perfect narration from Christopher Timothy - really brings the heartwarming tales, characters and majestic landscape to life. I can honestly say that there is not a single minutes dip in the narration keeping you fully immersed. Lovely.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-09-18
Brilliantly written
This book was wonderful and would have been better if only the editor kept the music out of it, I did not feel it added and often it diminished from the book.
On more than one occasion the music was between sentences in the same paragraph or even words in the same sentence, each musical piece was about 30 seconds long and often overlapped the end of the sentence and the beginning of the next.
In general I think the editor and narrator did a poor job of it and would not recommend their works to anyone, James Herriot is still a great author and should be read/listened to.
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- Grace K
- 08-08-18
Christopher Timothy is excellent as usual
And there are no glitches in this version as well. Several sad points in the story. Change can be sad