The paintings of Victor Ambrus, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art and the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers, are familiar to entire generations of readers. He has illustrated over 300 books on classical and historical subjects in his own instantly recognisable style. Over the years he has amassed what amounts to a visual record of the history of warfare, brought together here.
Victor Ambrus was educated at the Hungarian Academy of Art and the Royal College of Art, He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has won the prestigious Greenaway Gold Medal for Illustration twice, and the Royal Academy Drawing Prize. His many illustrated books include Recreating the Past for The History Press and Tales and Legends of the Irish Saints.