В книге собраны свидетельства современников великого немецкого поэта Генриха Гейне (1797-1856): родственников, друзей, издателей и журналистов, немецких и французских писателей, так как Гейне значительную часть своей жизни прожил в Париже. В особый раздел выделены высказывания о Гейне К. Маркса и Ф. Энгельса.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.