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Victor G. Ambrus

    Victor Ambrus était un illustrateur britannique, réputé pour son travail sur des livres d'histoire, de contes populaires et d'histoires d'animaux. Il a également acquis une reconnaissance pour ses visualisations de sites archéologiques dans la série télévisée Time Team. L'art d'Ambrus insuffle la vie au passé, offrant des interprétations visuelles vives de décors historiques. Son style distinctif confère aux récits historiques et populaires une atmosphère unique et captivante.

    Victor G. Ambrus
    L'île au trésor
    Sons and Lovers
    The Canterbury Tales
    Black Beauty
    Every Living Thing
    James Herriot's Dog Stories
    • James Herriot's Dog Stories

      • 503pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      The magic of Herriot's storytelling has never been more vivid than in this collection of 53 stories about the Yorkshire vet's favorite animal and man's best friend. Each story is introduced by Herriot and enhanced by one of Victor Ambrus's masterful drawings. A major publishing event for a worldwide audience. Martin's.

      James Herriot's Dog Stories
      4,5
    • Every Living Thing

      • 374pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Celebrate the return of the most beloved storyteller of our time! The waiting is finally over. For the first time in over a decade, the world's favorite veterinarian, James Herriot, returns us in a twinkle to the rural green enclave of England called Yorkshire for more irresistible tales of animals and people. At long last, another treat from Herriot! In stories of wonders great and small, James reintroduces many old friends like Mrs. Pumphrey, his partner Siegfried Farnon, and of course, his wife Helen. But there are wonderful new faces too, especially his children Rosie and Jimmy, and his latest assistant, Calum Buchanan. Herriot works his magic again! Offering readers an even more intimate view of the life and dreams of a country vet than any of his previous volumes, James Herriot's Every Living Thing is a book that will warm your heart, make you laugh out loud, and feel so good you'll never want it to end. Herriot really does love Every Living Thing...and so will you! The international bestseller, finally in paperback. Every Living Thing is famed veterinarian James Herriot's first new volume of memoirs in over a decade, and from its opening pages, the reader's every expectation is fulfilled. Excerpted in McCall's and Good Housekeeping. Reader's Digest Condensed Book. Martin's. (Animals)

      Every Living Thing
      4,4
    • Black Beauty

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

      Black Beauty
      4,0
    • The Canterbury Tales

      • 55pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      'We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now put up your hands if you agree'. The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them

      The Canterbury Tales
      4,0
    • Sons and Lovers

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

      Sons and Lovers
      3,8
    • Tout va changer dans la vie du jeune Jim Hawkins le jour où le " capitaine ", un vieux forban taciturne et grand amateur de rhum, s'installe dans l'auberge de ses parents, à " L'Amiral Benbow ". Jim comprend vite que cet étranger n'est pas un client ordinaire. En effet, lorsqu'un effrayant aveugle frappe à la porte de l'auberge isolée, apportant au marin la tache noire symbole des pirates et synonyme de mort, la chasse au trésor a déjà commencé !

      L'île au trésor
      3,9
    • Frankenstein est un roman original à plus d'un titre. Sa première version, publiée sans nom d'auteur, a été écrite par une jeune femme de 19 ans. Le livre est considéré, en outre, comme le dernier roman gothique et comme l'un des tout premiers romans de science-fiction. Il raconte l'histoire d'un «savant fou», Victor Frankenstein, qui, par ambition démesurée, en vient à créer un être humain à partir de cadavres et d'une «étincelle de vie». Ce sera, hélas, le point de départ de nombreux malheurs.

      Frankenstein
      3,8
    • When Helen is kidnapped by Paris, a Trojan prince, the Greek army lays siege to Troy. The Iliad tells of the nine-year war for revenge, thrillingly recounting the fierce battles between both armies' greatest warriors. This dramatic retelling of Homer's epic story retains all the excitement of the original. Nick McCarty's fast-paced, lyrical retelling is perfectly pitched for grades 4 and above, while the evocative black-and-white artworks by legendary historical illustrator Victor Ambrus bring the dramatic tale to thrilling life

      Homer's Iliad
    • A visual record of the history of warfare, with a concise text explaining the background to each battle scene.

      Battlefield Panoramas