Aceasta carte este un portret informativ si bogat ilustrat al secolului al XIX-lea. Fiecare eveniment important care a avut loc intre 1800 si 1900 este descris atat in cuvinte, cat si in imagini: situatii politice, progrese in stiinta, tehnologie, arte, religie si filozofie, explorari si calatorii ale cunoasterii, sport, schimbari in societate si in viata de zi cu zi.
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. ro
