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Vet in a Spin
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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- Steve Sanderson
- 13-06-18
Short
Great story and narration but you don't get much for your money far too short
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- Patch
- 06-04-14
I'm in Nostalgia Heaven
These wonderful books remain as brilliant as ever. Beautifully read by Christopher TImothy. Just wish they were longer.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-20
really enjoyed this book
a great feel good book. as with all of these books they keep you really entered.
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- JohnJenner
- 01-10-17
Wonderful
can't get enough of the Yorkshire vets story.
escaping to the high Yorkshire moors, along with stories of his enlistment
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- Mrs. Elizabeth Way
- 01-05-15
Fab
Love it love it love it fab stories really entertaining will listen to all the books we listen together going along in car 1st class
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-12-16
Abbreviated...
I love Herriot, but abbreviations really take something out of the experience :( I would love to hear all of Herriot's books unabridged. There's something about his way of telling a story. And Christopher Timothy was just phenomenal, again.
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