Brave Soldier Janosh

by Victor G. Ambrus

The old soldier tells the tale of how he defeated Napoleon.

Genres: Picture Books

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1967

About the author

Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935) was a British illustrator of history, folk tale, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series Time Team, on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked. Ambrus was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He was also a patron of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors up until its merger with the Institute for Archaeologists in 2011.

Reviews

[Jan Jaap · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Just read this little beautiful told and illustrated booklet . I found it searching for author Janosh.

24 unnumbered p., scanned from a withdrawn copy of capilano college library. A second OUP 1979 reprint from the 1967 original.

ISBN

0192721089 soft
9780192721082
0192796305 hard
9780192796301


LOC title search, 2 results (2023 0210 fr 2202 cet)
lccn 67100030 London OUP 1967
lccn 67008387 New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1967]
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[Timothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the artwork was wonderfully composed, bright and energetic. The story, about a soldier who is telling a tall tale about how he single-handedly defeated Napolean, falls flat. The story sets the reader up for a twist, but there is no satisfying resolve. Disappointing.